Todd Bowles is certainly aware of the swirling speculation surrounding Bucky Irving, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach was recently clear, stating there is a possibility the running back could return for the Week 13 home game.

“Bucs coach Todd Bowles said Bucky Irving will not play against the Rams but is ‘trending up’ to play vs Cardinals next week. Says he got hurt and ‘didn’t handle it well..’, but doing fine,” reported Rick Stroud on X, relaying the head coach’s comments.

Bowles didn’t acknowledged what was already known: that Irving had been dealing with mental challenges beyond the physical injury. Just one day prior, Stroud had also mentioned that the running back had been receiving mental health support during his recovery.

Irving recently spotted at Buccaneers practice

Stroud

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