When veteran running back Giovanni Bernard joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason it was immediately assumed he’d fill the LeSean McCoy role from 2020.
In his role, McCoy touched the football a total of 25 times in the regular season. Not a big workload to replace if you’re Bernard. And it seems in the early going, he’s positioning himself in line to carry a much bigger burden than his predecessor did.
Speaking to Scott Smith, senior writer and editor of Buccaneers.com on the Locked On Bucs Podcast, my cohost James Yarcho asked about the new addition to the running back room.