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Save the wear and tear.
Joe can only think of one logical excuse for this and sadly, people may jump to the wrong conclusion.
Joe has a hunch on a few other teams; Bucs running back Sean Tucker could be a No. 1 back. As it is, Tucker gives the Bucs perhaps one of the best 1-2-3 punches in the NFL at running back.
How many NFL teams have a No. 3 back like Tucker?
So Joe doesn’t know why, especially with a running back, the Bucs had Tucker out there to absorb punishment. Running backs have short shelf lives as it is.
Has Tucker not demonstrated he’s a quality running back off the bench? It seems whenever he has been given a chance to carry the mail, he delivers.
So Joe was uncomfortable seeing Tucker out there in the second quarter in a worthless preseason game. The only logical reason why he should have been out there (and Joe doesn’t know if this is an issue or not) is if Tucker might be struggling with the new playbook of Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.
Joe vividly remembers seeing Jalen McMillan go down in Pittsburgh last summer. All it takes is for some idiot piece of Jets camp meat trying to make a splash play for Tucker to go down.
Joe thought Tucker on the field in the second quarter was a bit reckless.