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Bucs officially released RB Leonard Fournette and TE Cameron Brate.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Chase Edmonds, Cade Otton

The latter may be a little more surprising than the former but they are both aging veterans who can have their production replaced rather easily. Cade Otton had a couple of small flashes with Brate sidelined last season, but we'll have to see how that translates into an offense without Tom Brady.

Per Leonard, "I hate when people be on here just talking saying I’m out of shape etc do y’all understand I’m playing with a lisfranc in my foot every week can barley push off my foot but through the Grace of God I’m going to keep proving y’all wrong."

Related Players: Rachaad White, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

While it's admirable that Fournette is plugging away on an injured foot, he's also averaging 3.6 yards per carry on the season and has such lowlights as his three-week stretch between Weeks 7-9 when he accumulated 62 yards on 26 rushes (2.3 YPA). Look for Rachaad White to continue seeing a bigger role over the final two weeks of the season.

Per Auman, "I did not see Bucs running back Leonard Fournette at practice today, after he was added to the injury report Thursday with a foot problem."

Related Players: Rachaad White

We've been here with Rachaad White, and he totaled 45 touches in his two-game stint with Fournette sidelined. He would return to high-end RB2 territory if Fournette were to miss Week 14.

The Buccaneers have their first full practice of the week Thursday. All three guys held out Sunday — RB Leonard Fournette, WR Russell Gage, G Luke Goedeke — are practicing today.

Related Players: Rachaad White

While this points towards Fournette playing in Week 13, it's likely he takes a back seat to Rachaad White, who has been incredibly more efficient with the ball in his hands than the veteran has been looking in 2022. Fantasy managers should take a wait-and-see approach with Fournette, while White could be considered a RB2/3 if they are forced to split the backfield.

The Buccaneers ruled out RB Leonard Fournette (hip) for Sunday against the Browns.

The Bucs also activated Gio Bernard from injured reserve. Rachaad White should be the leader in the backfield for Tampa but we could also see Bernard and Ke’Shawn Vaughn as well. White is a solid RB2 option this week against the Browns, ranked as the easiest matchup this week for us here at 4For4 against opposing running backs.

Bucs are listing RB Leonard Fournette as doubtful for Sunday’s game vs. the Browns due to his hip injury.

Related Players: Rachaad White

Rachaad White may be in for a true breakout with the majority of the backfield to himself. He is currently ranked firmly in the RB2 discussion against the Browns porous run defense in Week 12.

Bowles said the Bucs will ride the hot hand at RB.

Related players: Leonard Fournette, Rachaad White

The rest of the tweet said Fournette is "pretty sore" with hip injury suffered in Germany. Bowles said they'll see how he progresses and if he can go he'll go, if he can't he won't. This sounds like it could be another big workload for White, especially if Fournette plays and isn't 100%. Keep an eye on this situation, but White is a must-add if he's still floating around on your waiver wire, and he's shaping up to be a pretty safe start as well.

I’d expect Rachaad White to start.

Related players: Leonard Fournette

Fournette is also dealing with a hip injury suffered in the Germany game but is expected to be ready to go after the team's bye this week. This probably isn't shocking news as rumors of White taking over the lead role have been circling for a while. White did start the game in Germany but Fournette managed a goal line TD and the two essentially split the work until Fournette left the game. Auman did add it may not mean White is the lead back. It could come down to who has the hot hand but it at least looks like a hit to Fournette's fantasy value while White seems to be on the rise.

Despite suffering a hip pointer vs. the Seahawks, Buccaneers’ RB Leonard Fournette is likely to be ready for Tampa Bay’s next game after its bye at Cleveland.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

We'll see how the workload is split after the bye, but Rachaad White was nipping at Fournette's heels prior to the injury and ultimately made great use of his 22 carries, converting them into 105 yards (4.8 YPA). Tampa Bay has a multitude of reasons to incorporate White more into the offense for the rest of the regular season, but we'll see how the injury news plays out over the next two weeks.

Leonard Fournette was at practice, seemed fine. A lot of you asked about him, but I think Rachaad White playing at the end of the game was more about the score and getting him more NFL snaps.

Fournette is on the injury report as being limited with a hamstring and many said they saw him pull up a little on his last carry before White came into the game for good. We'll have to see how this pans out for the rest of the week. If anything, it's perhaps a good reminder to pickup White, especially if you're a Fournette owner.