Source: Bucs RB Irving (foot) could miss 2 weeks

TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving backmost Bucky Irving is expected to miss Sunday's crippled astatine the Seattle Seahawks owed to a ft sprain, a root told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

There is besides interest helium could miss adjacent week's crippled against the San Francisco 49ers, the root said.

Irving finished the Bucs' Week 4 crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles but near the locker country connected crutches and has been successful a walking footwear each week. Coach Todd Bowles said earlier successful the week, "If he's not retired of the footwear by Friday, I'd beryllium much inclined to accidental he's astir apt not going to play."

Irving has played not lone a important relation for the Bucs connected the crushed -- since entering the league past season, his 4.9 yards per transportation fertile ninth among NFL moving backs -- but he's besides emerged arsenic an important contributor successful a passing crippled dealing with an injury-ravaged violative line. Irving led the Bucs successful Week 4 with 102 receiving yards and 63 rushing yards.

The Bucs volition trust connected Rachaad White -- considered their champion walk protector astatine moving backmost and arguably their astir dynamic receiving backmost -- and Sean Tucker, on with rookie Josh Williams, a erstwhile undrafted escaped cause retired of LSU.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday of perchance being short-handed: "I mean, yeah, having a batch of reps with Rachaad and you guys person seen what 'Tuck' (Tucker) has been capable to do, arsenic well, with his velocity -- it's elite. But yeah, conscionable getting backmost to what we had anterior to Bucky and past you adhd successful a feline similar Josh Williams if Bucky is not capable to go...[He is] a feline that I told you guys during grooming campy that I really, truly liked. [He's a] astute kid, knows precisely what we're trying to get done.

"So, it's not the aforesaid without 'Buck' due to the fact that helium brings a antithetic spark to it and those explosive plays that you guys person seen for 2 years present that we'll beryllium missing, but we'll see. Hopefully he's capable to play, but if not, we spot the guys that are successful there."