Published: August 4, 2010

TAMPA – Every Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp offers up some surprises and a big one was unveiled Wednesday when defensive tackle Roy Miller lined up at fullback during a goal-line running drill. A second-year pro out of Texas who is expected to start at nose tackle, Miller usually earns his pay stopping the run but is not unaccustomed to leading the way in the run game. “I played a little (fullback) when I was in college at Texas,” Miller said. Miller is comfortable in the role of lead back and likes the duty, but said it feels odd to play that position in practice because of who he’s blocking. “At first you feel kind of shady because you’ve got your own guys on the other side and you want to be on the other side with them stopping the run,” Miller said. “But whatever I can do to help the team I’m going to do it.”

Linebacker Adam Hayward has gotten some snaps as a fullback in the goal-line and short-yardage rushing offense as well, but Bucs coach Raheem Morris said both are more like emergency options.

“When we go out there, the best players are going to be in on goal line,” Morris said. “So that’s just me thinking about game-day rosters. That’s us trying to be pro-active instead of reactive. That’s us forming our team.

“Every once in a while guys go down with injuries or whatnot, and you’ve got 45 guys there on game day and you have to know what you’re going to do. Do you just throw the package out the window and you’re done with it for that day or do you have guys that can go out there and compete? We’re just setting ourselves up for all those situations.” Other than a quick score by RB Kareem Huggins on the first play, the defense appeared to dominate the goal-line drill. That and other red-zone drills were the highlights of the morning workout, which was open to fans.

Time off

Several players, including RB Clifton Smith, DT Brian Price and DE Michael Bennett were given off the bulk of the morning workout. None is injured, Morris said.

Bucs DT Roy Miller a surprise fullback in goal-line drill

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