The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have one of the best roster builders in the NFL, Jason Licht. Whenever you are able to build a deep roster, players can get left out, and that will lead to them being cut or traded to make way for others buried in the depth chart that has shown promise.
For the Bucs specifically, their running back depth chart has become of the best positions on the team. Not to mention, one of the best groups in the entire NFL.
There have been rumblings that the team may move on from Rachaad White after the emergence of rookie Bucky Irving last year. White had over 1,000 yards from scrimmage last season as well, but that may not be enough for the Bucs. NBC Sports analyst Matthew Berry gathered his notes from everything he heard at the Scouting Combine last week and one of the rumors he heard included Rachaad White and Sean Tucker.
“But perhaps the most interesting part of the Tampa Bay running back discussion was about Sean Tucker. “He has the talent to be a No. 1 RB in this league,” said a team source. The issue is just that he’s stuck behind Bucky Irving. Reading between the lines of the conversation, I came away thinking they love Irving, they love Tucker and aren’t as enthusiastic about Rachaad White. I bet Tucker overtakes White for the RB 2 role sooner than later.”
The idea of going to Sean Tucker is interesting from the outside looking in. Against the Saints in Week 6, Tucker accumulated a whopping 192 total yards of offense. He earned FedEx Ground Player of the Week but never saw the same type of usage after.
The team never gave him more than eight carries in a game after that, which confused everyone. If the team moves on from White, then Tucker could be in play for a major promotion within the dynamic Bucs offense.
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