Peyton Barber

Peyton Barber in lead for Buccaneers' backfield

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Peyton Barber "is our starter," head coach Dirk Koetter said.

What It Means:

This doesn't come as much of a surprise after Barber started and played all but one snap with the starting offense in the preseason opener, while second-round rookie Ronald Jones dropped a pass on the only snap he played with the first-team. That said, this will likely be more of a committee than a traditional starter-backup situation. "We're definitely going to use Ronald Jones and take advantage of what he's going to do," Koetter said. "We do have the two veteran backs behind him. Again, we've got three more preseason games. Let's just let it sort out a little more." The Buccaneers face the Tennessee Titans on Saturday.

Barber is currently the RB54 and Jones is the RB27 in numberFire's preseason fantasy rankings.