Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and fantasy contributor Sal Vetri speculate how Tampa Bay will determine to handle its trio of running backs after a big performance against New Orleans. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on , , or
Video Transcript
What the hell is gonna happen in this Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back room is one of the biggest pressing questions in fantasy right now.
So um no pressure buddy, but uh what are we doing with this backfield?
Yeah, look no pressure, right?
Like I, I’m not in the coaching staff meeting.
So II I could breaking news, I could tell you, I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but I can try and read between some of the lines here.
Obviously, to this point, you probably already heard Sean Tucker went off 100 and 92 total yards.
Uh Absolutely amazing performance for him as somebody who had medical conditions coming out of the draft led to him not getting drafted so good for him.
Him and Bucky Irving combined for nine explosive runs of at least 10 yards both in the receiving and running game in week six against the Saints so far in the season, Rashad White has just 33 explosive runs on the entire season.
Now again, he’s been banged up, but for the most part, we have a long track record now of Rashad White just not being all that efficient so far this season, 3.2 yards per carry, 60th in the NFL.
He’s right around guys like Zamir White, Carson Steele Alexander Madison.
So now you have him potentially coming back from this injury as soon as this week.
And the big question comes like, what are you gonna do when you have Bucky Irving who looks like the best running back on this team, Sean Tucker out of nowhere now and Rashad White, who, yeah, the organization Todd Bowles this regime, if you will, they did draft him a couple of years back, but they also drafted Bucky, uh Bucky Irving, they also signed Sean Tucker and allowed him to make the team, he earned that.
But they said we want this guy on our team the past two years in training camp.
So all of this in mind, the only thing I can kind of break it down to, to try and read between the lines, guess what’s gonna happen here is going to the offensive coordinator, Liam Cohn.
It’s a new offensive coordinator.
This isn’t Dave Canals who loved Rashad White last year.
It’s Liam Cob who so far this season hasn’t been afraid to just say we’re putting our best players on the field, whether that’s sterling Shepherd at the wide receiver, whether that’s Bucky Irving as soon as like week two and three, starting to take the majority of the snaps and touches away from Rashad White.
So if I’m reading between the lines there.
Liam Cole might just say this is Bucky Irving, this is Sean Tucker’s backfield.
Now, Rashad White, you work your way back in if you can do something fine, but we’re gonna give these guys early touches in our next game and if they go, they go.
Yeah.
And like I feel like it could be a situation where, you know, the Bucks say, hey, Rashad White, like let’s get you really healthy.
You’ve been, you’ve been banged up, brother, let’s get you real healthy.