Undisclosed Injury For Sean Tucker
September 7th, 2026
Bucs head coach Todd Bowles was willing to acknowledge that running back Sean Tucker is injured and missed all or some of practice today. But Bowles had no interest in sharing specifics.
“He’s still rehabbing,” Bowles said of Tucker. “He’ll be a gametime decision right now.”
What’s the injury to your RB3, Coach? Bowles punted. “We’ll disclose it on Wednesday,” he replied.
The first official Bucs injury report since January will be issued on Wednesday, four days before the Week 1 kickoff, per league rules.
Bowles keeping the Tucker issue private is a great example of how paranoid NFL coaches get when it comes to injuries (and just about everything else). It’s not just Bowles.
September 7th, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Time to call up Josh Williams from PS.
September 7th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
The season is already gone with Bowles as HC DC.
September 7th, 2026 at 4:28 pm
To keep the paranoia theme, it sounds like they shopping for an RB3 and want 48 hours to make a deal and decide on an injury to put Tucker on the PUP or non-football injury list since it’s been a while since the last exhibition game was played.
September 7th, 2026 at 4:32 pm
oof
September 7th, 2026 at 4:43 pm
Maybe the pointless exercise of competing with Josh Williams and getting all those preseason reps weren’t the smartest idea? Who knows, but it’s not like we’ll need Tucker in action over Bucky or Gainwell, so a player we can afford to wait on to get back healthy.
September 7th, 2026 at 4:44 pm
I’m betting he’ll suit up. Play limited snaps.
September 7th, 2026 at 5:09 pm
Well – if there’s one player the Bucs offense can afford to be without for a game or 2 – its the 3rd string RB…. Especially since the 4th string RB can be brought up from the PS with little to no performance drop off….
September 7th, 2026 at 5:10 pm
He looked more fluid and less square this preseason.
I really hope we use him as RB1 some games.
It’s a looooong season fellas.
Keep Bucky and Gainwell fresh for weeks 10-17 and the playoffs.
Please don’t run Bucky into the ground this year.
Some game plans should feature Tucker. He can handle 25 carries every few weeks.
Ground and pound with Tucker 1 week. Then let him recover over the next 2 weeks.
Then ground and pound again. Then a couple weeks off.
Use all 3 backs in à scientific way.
Ride one. While resting 1. Ànd vice versa.
We gotta think week by week but also long term!
September 7th, 2026 at 5:32 pm
HC Grover … ‘The season is already gone with Bowles as HC DC’.
I just don’t get it. Just a few days until our new season kicks off, and THAT’S how you view it? ‘The season is already gone?’ Then why waste your time even commenting on it? Why watch any Bucs’ games if you’re so sure that the season is already kapput?
I think most of us have been on sports teams or other organizations that had leaders we weren’t crazy about. That’s just part of life IMO. Yet we still worked our butts off to make that team or organization the best that it could be. I can’t help the Bucs win by playing for them, but I can sure root for them. For ALL of them.
Contrary to what you obviously believe, I’m convinced that with a little ‘luck’ (minimal injuries especially), this team can go places. How far? Impossible to tell after all these changes, because it often takes time for things to ‘gel’. But still, with a little ‘luck’, this team can excel.
September 7th, 2026 at 5:50 pm
Wonder how EE and JMac are doing this week?
September 7th, 2026 at 6:09 pm
I’ll just let such genius speak for itself…
“Some game plans should feature Tucker. He can handle 25 carries every few weeks.
Ground and pound with Tucker 1 week. Then let him recover over the next 2 weeks.
Then ground and pound again. Then a couple weeks off.
Use all 3 backs in à scientific way.
Ride one. While resting 1. Ànd vice versa.”
It is on such another level (of absurdity), that I felt it must be repeated.
September 7th, 2026 at 6:10 pm
“Scientific,” he says! Bahahahahahahahhhh LMFAOOOO.
September 7th, 2026 at 6:12 pm
RB3… bruised ego.
September 7th, 2026 at 6:13 pm
buc4evr. I heard they ran around pretty good.
September 7th, 2026 at 7:05 pm
2025,
Sean Tucker
86 carries -7 TD
22 First Downs
Bucky Irving
176 carries – 1 TD
27 First Downs
Sean Tucker produced last season with his limited carries
Including a 100 yard game rushing against Buffalo
The only100 game a Bucs rusher had last season
September 7th, 2026 at 7:05 pm
They would have never waived Williams if Tucker was hurt. This is something recent and possibly non-football related…
Interesting. Let’s see what happens. Carrying only 3 RBs is foolish in today’s NFL.
September 7th, 2026 at 7:07 pm
Defense Rules some posters are only happy when they are unhappy. I feel sorry for them. Must be tough to live like that and really hard on people you live with assuming they found someone to tolerate them.
September 7th, 2026 at 7:41 pm
It’s a hung toenail…
September 7th, 2026 at 8:12 pm
“Sean Tucker
86 carries -7 TD
22 First Downs
Bucky Irving
176 carries – 1 TD
27 First Downs“
Can’t leave out that Tucker did this being available all 17 and Bucky did that only playing in 9 games. Yet, some say Grizz was a “fall guy” pfffft
September 7th, 2026 at 8:25 pm
The players are amazing. I could never play with injury they do.
September 7th, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Preach it DR. Root for your team and don’t be a troll. Zero need for it before the season even starts. There are so many variables that come into play to have a successful season. Abject negativity isn’t one of them.
September 7th, 2026 at 8:56 pm
HC Grover Says:
September 7th, 2026 at 4:17 pm
The season is already gone with Bowles as HC DC
Grover, you’ve been pronouncing this team dead so long the coroner wants a second opinion. Bowles may fail, and if he does he’ll be gone. But writing off the season before it plays out just makes you look like you’re rooting for your prediction more than the Bucs.
September 7th, 2026 at 9:12 pm
Tucker shouldn’t be needed week 1 as long as Bucky and Gainewell are good to go.
Grover, c’mon man, try harder… At least put some effort into writing better pitiful miserable whining comments.
September 7th, 2026 at 9:42 pm
If you disclose your 3rd stringers injury 2 days early, you’re a fool – you’re basically giving the Bengals a W if you give away that sort of game altering information.
September 7th, 2026 at 11:23 pm
YOU ARE 100% CORRECT, DEFENSE RULES SAYS. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM, ROOTING FOR THE BUCS. PEOPLE WHO GIVE UP BEFORE THE SEASON, LIKE HC GROVER, ARE MISSING OUT OF THE GLORY. WE LOOK PRIMED AND READY. OUR D- LINE LOOKS AWESOME. OFFENSE SHOULD BE TOP NOTCH.
GO BUCS!!
September 7th, 2026 at 11:39 pm
His athletic worth is an issue
September 8th, 2026 at 7:16 am
Melvin
It is scientific.
Running backs get beat to hell.
That’s why they have short careers.
If you give them occasional weeks off, they will be fresh for the playoffs.
If you overuse Bucky, he won’t be able to perform in the playoffs.
Tucker should absolutely carry the load some games. While giving Bucky time to heal up ad recover.
Do you have any idea how bruised up and sore these running backs are by week 10?
Spread out the beatings. Give them time to recover.
Use all 3 backs.
September 8th, 2026 at 8:58 am
Injuries already before the beginning of regular season. Here we go again, so tired of this team having injuries at the beginning of every season. Bain, Irving, Tucker, Ebuka, Jalen, Morrison, didn’t I hear Wirfs is banged up too?? All these guys before season begins. Not feeling good about all this right now. Go Bucs
September 9th, 2026 at 8:19 am
Jeezus Christ Bowles just rest him. He is RB3 so why would you even consider it when you can elevate Williams.