Irving played a season-low 10 offensive snaps last Sunday in a win over Las Vegas, and head coach Todd Bowles explained after the contest that the rookie's back tightened up during the victory. The Oregon product didn't practice at all Wednesday or Thursday this week,

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving, who has been dealing with back and hip injuries, is expected to play in Sunday's game versus the Los Angeles Chargers, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported.

The Los Angeles Chargers host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday afternoon. Here's the latest on their top wide receiver's status for the game.

However, there seems to be optimism about McConkey being able to return to action against the Buccaneers, and fantasy managers will have a bit more leeway to wait things out since the Chargers' Week 15 contest begins at 4:25 ET as opposed to last Sunday's 8:20 PM ET kickoff.