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The Buccaneers' 2016 X-factor is Austin Seferian-Jenkins

Austin Seferian-Jenkins has probably been the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' most controversial this offseason. You know, before Roberto Aguayo started missing kicks. Whoops. Anyway, Seferian-Jenkins ended up in the doghouse at some point this offseason (or maybe even before it) and entered training camp as a second-string tight end. He's steadily worked his way up, though, and is now splitting first-team reps with Cameron Brate.

All of that is promising, as is the fact that Danny Kelly of The Ringer (and formerly of SB Nation) named him the Bucs' X-factor.

The Buccaneers used a 2014 second-rounder on Seferian-Jenkins with the hope that he’d be a big-bodied threat in the red zone and a reliable blocker in the run game.