Less than four yards per carry, less than 1,000 yards rushing, and less than then total touchdowns. These were the combined numbers for Tampa Bay Buccaneers running backs Ronald Jones and Peyton Barber one year ago.
Yet here we are, five days into training camp, and the Buccaneers added only a 30 year old veteran and an undrafted rookie in Andre Ellington and Bruce Anderson respectively. All offseason Bruce Arians has talked up Barber and Jones, instilling confidence in them, and now it is obvious it was all genuine.
Barber has entered camp still penciled in on top of the depth chart after leading the Buccaneers in rushing, falling just short of 1,000 yards on the season.