{"id":719219,"date":"2026-06-22T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/719219\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:35:08","slug":"jason-licht-if-we-were-playing-in-a-couple-weeks-bucky-irving-would-be-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/719219\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Licht: If we were playing in a couple weeks, Bucky Irving would be ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles raised some concern about running back Bucky Irving\u2019s fitness when he said he thinks Irving will be ready to return from a shoulder injury in the \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/todd-bowles-we-expect-bucky-irving-back-sometime-in-the-summer-or-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">summer or fall<\/a>,\u201d but a couple of developments in June have painted a better picture. <\/p>\n<p>Irving <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/bucky-irving-takes-part-in-thursdays-buccaneers-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">practiced<\/a> before the end of the Bucs\u2019 offseason program and General Manager Jason Licht offered a little more context for Bowles\u2019s comment about the fall. During an appearance on the Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast, Licht said that the team views training camp as the fall and said that Irving is \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SWbbZMGQjGY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">almost there right now<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s fine,\u201d Licht said, via JoeBucsFan.com. \u201cIn fact, I think if we <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joebucsfan.com\/2026\/06\/jason-licht-expects-bucky-irving-to-be-ready-to-play-in-two-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">were playing here<\/a> in a couple of weeks, he\u2019d be ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving missed seven games in 2025 and the Bucs slipped from fourth to 21st in rushing yards on the season. A full return along with a strong year for free agent pickup Kenneth Gainwell would be a step in the right direction for a rebound on the ground in Tampa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles raised some concern about running back Bucky Irving\u2019s fitness when he said he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-719219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}