Bucky Irving in the open field Sunday.
For those who watched the Bucs go all Woody Hayes on the Dixie Chicks on Sunday, running the ball 56 times for 324 yards, here’s a shocking stat from official NFL NextGen Stats.
The Bucs’ offensive line dominated the Atlanta offense. But did it?
NextGen Stats is owned by the NFL. They have sensors in players’ equipment and in footballs and use GPS technology to determine all sorts of data.
Per [NextGen Stats](https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-season-week-8-what-we-learned-from-sunday-s-games#tb), Bucky Irving didn’t gain a single one of his 170 yards before contact. He was hit either at or behind the line of scrimmage on every run.
> Bucky Irving generated all 170 of his rushing yards against Atlanta after contact, the third-most in a single game this season.
That is just wild to Joe that Bucky was hit at or behind the line on every run, yet he still racked up 170 yards.
That’s pretty impressive.