{"id":413820,"date":"2026-09-29T15:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:26:15","slug":"is-buccaneers-bucky-irving-injured-todd-bowles-shares-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413820\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Buccaneers Bucky Irving Injured? Todd Bowles Shares Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9t\">The mood surrounding Tampa Bay isn&#8217;t only contained to One Buccaneer Place \u2014 it&#8217;s reverberated throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9y\">It wouldn&#8217;t be bad if the mood was a positive one, but after the Bucs lost their third straight game to start the season and an injury to Baker Mayfield later, it&#8217;s hard to ignore the huffs and puffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a3\">Mayfield will miss time with his dislocated thumb, and the Bucs also got word that wide receiver Jalen McMillan would miss multiple weeks with a knee injury. However, the scares didn&#8217;t go away from there.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a8\">Starting running back Bucky Irving didn&#8217;t see a snap on the offense&#8217;s final two possessions, and it appeared that he had a wrap around his waist\/back when the camera panned to him on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ad\">Fortunately, it appears that it was all nothing to worry about, as Todd Bowles cleared up any concern when it comes to his electrifying back.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Bowles Shuts Down Any Injury Concern With Bucky Irving<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"an\">&#8220;No, he&#8217;s not on [the] injury report,&#8221; Bowles told the media when questioned about whether or not Irving is dealing with any sort of injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"as\">It&#8217;s a welcome sight for Buccaneers fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01m3nd6726qaspdg0mn0.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving\" title=\"Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"b4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving (7) Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ba\">Losing Irving would be a huge shot to the system, given he has been pretty much the lone bright spot on an offense that has struggled to do much of anything through three weeks of the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bf\">Receiving nearly 70% of the snap share for the Bucs at the running back position, Irving has been the undisputed heartbeat of the offense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bk\">He didn&#8217;t have a great game against the Vikings, but he&#8217;s still averaging 3.8 yards per carry for 180 yards and one touchdown. He has also added 13 catches on 15 targets for 61 yards.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bp\">It hasn&#8217;t been much, but knowing that he has been the one player who can create something on offense says a lot about how much he would be missed if he were to suffer an injury and miss any sort of time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bu\">Irving will look to help the Bucs get into the win column for the first time in 2026 against the Green Bay Packers and will be heavily relied upon now that undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels will be commanding the team at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c5\">Sign up to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/buccaneers\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BucsGameday?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bucsgameday?s=21&amp;t=nyCeWGVWMsSpULqWCupqGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buccaneersgameday?igsh=NWVob203dzZpYnp0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DE9CKT0F.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"cb\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mood surrounding Tampa Bay isn&#8217;t only contained to One Buccaneer Place \u2014 it&#8217;s reverberated throughout the city.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-413820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}