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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on Bucky Irving

Podcast12 biggest fantasy storylines heading into training campCaptured August 1, 2026
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the bigger worry is the fact that they added kenneth gainwell to this offense and what kenneth gainwell offers from a running back perspective and a receiving perspective um and we're starting to now narrow the window of what are the things that bucky irving does better than any other running back on the team
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Gainwell's addition limits Irving to goal-line and rushing work; boom-bust RB3 ceiling.

Kenneth Gainwell's addition to the Buccaneers narrows Bucky Irving's role significantly. Irving loses goal-line work (retained by Sean Tucker) and pass-catching opportunities to Gainwell, who offers both rushing and receiving upside. The backfield is now a 1A/1B hot-hand situation. Irving's profile—a shifty, smaller running back with five games of 15+ rushing attempts in his rookie season—suggests the Buccaneers are concerned about workload durability. Harmon worries the team won't lean into giving Irving a big workload, making him more of a boom-bust RB3 similar to JK Dobbins' role (two-down grinder between the 20s) rather than a league-winning asset.

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