{"id":813747,"date":"2026-03-15T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813747\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:00:37","slug":"bspn-kenneth-gainwell-highly-underrated-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813747\/","title":{"rendered":"BSPN: Kenneth Gainwell Highly “Underrated” – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bucs RB Kenneth Gainwell.<\/p>\n

When Joe first learned the Bucs agreed to terms with Kenneth Gainwell during the opening hour or so of legal tampering, Joe thought that was a nice signing: A quality running back who contributes on special teams and is sort of Rachaad White-like in that he\u2019s a solid receiver out of the backfield.<\/p>\n

He may be more than that. Much more.<\/p>\n

Seth Walder of BSPN, a man who never met a number he didn\u2019t like, believes Gainwell was the second-most underrated signing<\/a> in free agency.<\/p>\n

So in other words, he believes Bucs AC\/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht stole Gainwell.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Gainwell, RB<\/p>\n

Signing Gainwell won\u2019t be as flashy as inking Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, Travis Etienne Jr. or Breece Hall. And Gainwell might not be an every-down back, either. But he can easily be a team\u2019s best running back and his contract won\u2019t cost as much as those of bigger names.<\/p>\n

Gainwell is coming off a nice season with the Steelers in which he recorded 4.7 yards per carry per NFL Next Gen Stats. He recorded 10.6 yards per carry on plays in which he wasn\u2019t contacted for at least 3 yards \u2014 sixth best among all running backs with at least 100 carries.<\/p>\n

But Gainwell really excels on passing downs. He recorded 73 receptions for 486 yards last season in Pittsburgh, per NFL Next Gen Stats. \u2026 The Steelers had Gainwell on the field on 77% of third-and-longs. So he can absolutely be a value add.<\/p>\n

There are two elements to the Bucs\u2019 free agents that Joe senses. One is the Bucs signed guys with heart, with energy, with juice. The other was signing guys who wanted to be here.<\/p>\n

This team lacked juice last year, in part because the defense quit on Todd Bowles in 2025.<\/p>\n

And Joe doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s being outrageous in saying White was one of those guys (though clearly he didn\u2019t play defense). Think about it: Just minutes after the Bucs were eliminated from the playoffs, White basically went adios MFers on Instagram.<\/p>\n

Think that attitude just developed in 60 seconds? Maybe that\u2019s why former Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard didn\u2019t target White much in the passing game (which was his forte)? Grizzard possibly didn\u2019t trust White with his \u201cMom-are-we-there-yet?\u201d glum attitude for the end of his Bucs days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bucs RB Kenneth Gainwell. When Joe first learned the Bucs agreed to terms with Kenneth Gainwell during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,2599,2598,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-813747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-bucs-message-boards","10":"tag-bucs-news","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116233324423743793","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}