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There might finally be light at the end of the tunnel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when it comes to injured running back Bucky Irving.<\/p>\n
The Buccaneers offense has been without Irving for the last 5 games, since a Week 4 loss to the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0on September 28 due to a variety of injuries, although a shoulder injury has been of the most concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly big Bucs news,\u201d\u00a0Tampa Bay Times reporter Rick Stroud\u00a0wrote on his official X account on Wednesday, November 12. \u201cRB Bucky Irving is participating in the walk thru practice. G\u00a0Ben Bredeson\u00a0also working. Irving has not played since Sept. 28 due to foot and shoulder injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Buccaneers are 6-3 headed into a brutal pair of road games coming up with a trip to face the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0in Week 11 before heading all the way across the country to face the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams\u00a0in Week 12.<\/p>\n
Irving, who rushed for over 1,000 yards as a rookie, has been sorely missed.<\/p>\n
While the Buccaneers have made up the slack at wide receiver with\u00a0Chris Godwin,\u00a0Mike Evans\u00a0and\u00a0Jalen McMillan\u00a0out with injuries, it\u2019s been harder to do that with\u00a0Rachaad White\u00a0stepping in for Irving.<\/p>\n
\u201cTodd Bowles said it was good to see Bucky Irving on the practice field but he was limited and it was just a walk-through,\u201d\u00a0Buccaneers.com\u2019s Scott Smith\u00a0wrote on his official X account. \u201cNeeds to see Irving in a full-speed practice before making any proclamations about a timetable for his return.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Irving\u2019s follow up too a bravura rookie campaign has fallen flat to this point, he has the advantage of playing on a team that\u2019s in first place in the NFC South Division \u2014 with a 2-game lead at that \u2014 and could very well be a dark horse contender if everyone comes back healthy over the next month who has been injured.<\/p>\n
Right now, the perception of Irving is that rookie year was just a flash in the pan.<\/p>\n
Bleacher Report\u2019s Brad Gagnon\u00a0called Irving the \u201cMost Disappointing Player\u201d on the roster in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter averaging 5.4 yards per rush as a rookie, Irving has seen that number decline to 3.3 in 2025,\u201d Gagnon wrote on October 24. \u201cOnly one qualified back is below that. He\u2019s also yet to score a rushing touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irving had a season high 165 yards of total offense agains the Eagles \u2014 15 carries for 63 yards and 5 receptions for 102 yards. That kind of production can flip games like the 28-23 home loss to the\u00a0New England Patriots in Week 10.<\/p>\n
Right now, it seems like the only legitimate weapon 2-time Pro Bowl quarterback\u00a0Baker Mayfield\u00a0has on offense he can rely on is 2025 first round pick (No. 19 overall) and wide receiver\u00a0Emeka Egbuka.<\/p>\n
Egbuka, possibly the frontrunner to win\u00a0NFL\u00a0Offensive Rookie of the Year, leads the Buccaneers and is ninth in the NFL in receiving with 40 receptions for 677 yards and 6 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The Buccaneers have also gotten a boost lately from their final pick in the 2025 draft with rookie wide receiver\u00a0Tez Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are just two rookies across the NFL this season with 250+ receiving yards and 4+ receiving touchdowns through Week 10 \u2026 Both are\u00a0Buccaneers\u00a0drafted by Jason Licht,\u201d\u00a0Buccaneers Communications wrote on its official X account on November 10. \u201cEmeka\u00a0Egbuka\u00a0(pick No. 19) & Tez Johnson (No. 235).\u201d<\/p>\n
Things have gone awry for the Las Vegas Raiders. While they weren\u2019t expected to be a Super Bowl contender this season, many thought they\u2019d be better than 2-7.<\/p>\n
Head coach\u00a0Pete Carroll\u00a0has a long history of winning and usually does a great job of building a culture, but there seems to be a disconnect between the roster and the coaching staff. When the offense plays well, the defense fails, and when the defense shuts down an opponent, the offense can\u2019t do anything.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something going on with the team that hasn\u2019t really been reported on, and defensive tackle\u00a0Adam Butler\u00a0made some comments that are stirring speculation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very frustrating sometimes, I can\u2019t lie, when the other side isn\u2019t delivering the way you think that they should deliver, and sometimes it\u2019s frustrating when we don\u2019t deliver how we should deliver,\u201d\u00a0Butler told reporters\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody can see what\u2019s going on, we know what\u2019s going on and the only thing we can do is do our job. I just focus on doing my job and focusing on helping the team win.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear what he means by \u201ceverybody can see what\u2019s going on.\u201d It\u2019s obvious that the team isn\u2019t very good, but it\u2019s possible that there\u2019s a lot more going on behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
Sometimes teams are just bad because they lack talent. The Raiders don\u2019t have an overly talented roster, so that\u2019s likely the biggest reason they aren\u2019t good, but Butler\u2019s comments suggest that there could be something else.<\/p>\n
The most obvious potential issue could be coaching. Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly has not done a good job this season, and players could be turning on him. He\u2019s paid a lot and isn\u2019t known to form great relationships with players.<\/p>\n
Some players could be fed up with the fact that he hasn\u2019t been held accountable for the Raiders\u2019 offensive woes. There could also be frustration that quarterback\u00a0Geno Smith\u00a0hasn\u2019t been benched despite his poor play. There are many reasons why Raiders players could be frustrated right now.<\/p>\n
Heading into the season, it seemed like a given that Carroll would at least get two of three years to turn the Raiders around, but the team wasn\u2019t expected to be this bad. It still might be too early to put Carroll on the hot seat, but it\u2019s definitely warming up.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s not going to help Carroll is that he\u2019s the reason why the team traded a third-round pick for Smith and gave him a big contract extension. The Raiders need to start showing signs of progress. Carroll is 74 years old, so he\u2019s not the kind of coach the team is going to want to be patient with.<\/p>\n
Carroll likely has enough juice to keep his job if the Raiders can win another two or three games, but Kelly is very much on the hot seat. The offense has to play better, or there\u2019s a chance he could get fired before the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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