The Running Man

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If you take notice of the current depth chart, starting QB is Ryan Fitzpatrick and standing behind him at running back is Payton Barber. What will probably surprise you is the most successful rusher is Fitz!

That’s right! Per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, Head Coach Dirk Koetter has been giving the QB’s in One Buc Place a little digging over The effectiveness of current QB1 in Tampa. The numbers? Barber has a career total of 646 since 2016. Fitzpatrick? Over his career has 2077 yards rushing for an impressive 4.6 average yards per attempt. As Dirk Koetter is quoted in The Times “I think Fitz always has been a good runner. Part of being a good running quarterback is just knowing when to pull it down and go straight ahead. I think Fitz does a good job of that.” The Bucs will certainly be looking to Fitzpatrick for that experience on the field and hoping he can extend plays to give this offense the best possible chance to score points. 

Auman also includes a personal point for the current starter, which puts him in lofty company. The only currently active QB’s with more rushing yards are,

Cam Newton – 4,320

Russell Wilson – 3,275

Aaron Rodgers – 2,670

Alex Smith – 2,433

Colin Kaepernick – 2,300

Looking over that list it’s very impressive that a player who has only played a full season 3 times since he was drafted in 2005 has that many yards on the ground.

It seems that the Bucs offense is in safe hands and feet.

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