Sean Tucker — Week 3: Active, No Carries, No Targets
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Sep 28
Tucker was not among Tampa Bay's six inactives, per Pewter Report, and does not appear in the play-by-play: no carry, no target, no return. Bucky Irving had 15 of the 18 designed runs, Kenneth Gainwell the other 3, and Gainwell returned all six kickoffs, in a 23–16 loss to the Vikings.
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Sean Tucker's name does not appear in the play-by-play of Sunday's game. He was not among the six Buccaneers listed inactive, per Pewter Report, so he was available; he was not handed the ball, not thrown to, and did not return a kick or a punt. The data cannot say how many snaps he played, on offense or on special teams, and this show will not guess.
Where the running back work went is the football. Bucky Irving carried 15 times for 46 yards, and Kenneth Gainwell carried the other three designed runs for −4; that was all 18. Irving had four targets and Gainwell five. Gainwell returned all six Minnesota kickoffs. Tampa Bay's one run inside the Minnesota 10 was Irving's four-yarder to the three in the second quarter, and it came back on holding.
Back in June the preview's read on Tucker was eight touchdowns on 94 touches last season, more than half his value in the scores, as the third back and the kickoff returner; the things to watch were the return job with Gainwell in the room and the goal-line package. He was inactive in Week 1 and active without a touch in Week 2 and again on Sunday. Through three games Tampa Bay has returned 18 kickoffs and none was his. That is not a verdict on a player who has not touched the ball. It is where the touches are. Tampa Bay is home to the Packers on Sunday the fourth.
_Data via nflverse._
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