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Irving's late-season usage decline signals reduced role in Bucs' 11-personnel scheme.
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Irving's route rate and target share declined significantly from weeks 1-3 (63% route rate, 15% target share) to weeks 16-18 (45%, 9%), driven by nagging shoulder and lower-body injuries that tempered usage despite snaps returning, and by offensive scheme shift toward 11-personnel formations with healthy WRs (Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan), reducing his role in the Buccaneers' attack.
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Weeks 1-3: 63% (Route Rate), 15% (Target Share); Weeks 16-18: 45%, 9%; His nagging shoulder and lower-body ailments weren't enough to keep him off the field, as his snaps were back up, but they were enough to tame his usage. However, more importantly, the offense was changing. Plays from 11-personnel formations were up with the WRs healthy.
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- Irving's route rate and target share declined significantly from weeks 1-3 (63% route rate, 15% target share) to weeks 16-18 (45%, 9%), driven by nagging shoulder and lower-body injuries that tempered usage despite snaps returning, and by offensive scheme shift toward 11-personnel formations with healthy WRs (Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan), reducing his role in the Buccaneers' attack.
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