The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be getting their No. 1 rusher back in the near future.

Injured running back Doug Martin "has a shot" to play in the team's next game in Week 10 against the Chicago Bears, head coach Dirk Koetter told Alex Marvez and Gil Brandt on Sirius XM NFL radio Friday.

Martin suffered a hamstring injury in the team's second game of the season and hasn't played since. He is said to have suffered a setback in his recovery, explaining the extended absence.

"We're hopeful that after these three days off that maybe he has a shot at Chicago," Koetter said. "But hamstrings seem to linger a little bit. We'll have to wait and see.

"These hamstrings are just delicate. He was 90-plus percent back and doing his rehab run one day and he tweaked it again."

Backup Charles Sims is on injured reserve and third-stringer Jacquizz Rodgers injured his foot in Week 8, prompting the Buccaneers to play Thursday with only their fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-string running backs healthy for the contest. Collectively, the group of Peyton Barber, Antone Smith, and Mike James managed just 59 yards on 17 carries. Smith suffered a knee injury in the game and was ruled out for the season Friday.

The Buccaneers desperately need Martin to make a healthy return. Not only has the run game suffered without him, but with injuries at wide receiver as well, the offense as a whole is lacking respected weapons outside of Mike Evans.