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Report: Gerald McCoy out for the year with a right arm injury

According to Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times, Bucs players are saying Gerald McCoy will be out for the year with a right arm injury. McCoy went out of the game in the first quarter and never returned. If the report turns out to be true, this will be the second straight year McCoy ends the season on injured reserve. Last season he tore his left biceps, ending his season. Per Rick Stroud, he has torn his right biceps this year - again ending his season. 

Gerald McCoy had just returned from a high-ankle sprain which caused him to miss two games. Gerald McCoy has certainly been injury-prone so far in his NFL career, but this seems more bad luck than a physical trait. McCoy never had injury problems in college. Gerald McCoy was having a terrific year until he got injured, looking explosive as a pass rusher and very strong in the run game. Despite only having one sack he was consistently in the backfield and disruptive throughout the season. 

With DT Frank Okam missing today's game with injury the Bucs were forced to play almost the entire game with just two defensive tackles in Brian Price and Roy Miller, and that was a big factor in the defense giving up a whopping 195 yards on the ground on 28 carries. The Bucs will have to do some serious shuffling on the defensive to remedy the loss of McCoy, and this loss really hurts their pass rush and run defense. 

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That is terrible news for this team. Miller looked absolutely terrible.

by aakks on Nov 6, 2011 5:08 PM EST reply actions  

This blows

Mccoy is our motor.. Looks like hes becoming injury prone pretty

by Carlitin1988 on Nov 6, 2011 5:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Can we call him a bust yet?

Does getting a season ending injury every year qualify you as a bust?

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 5:27 PM EST reply actions  

No

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Nov 6, 2011 5:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Ok

but if it happens again next year I will call him a bust

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 5:32 PM EST up reply actions  

"strike 2"

Give McCoy one more year to try to get it going.

by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Nov 6, 2011 6:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I agree!!!!

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Nov 6, 2011 6:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Great draft picks play more than 8 games a season.

I hope he gets healthy and can stay healthy.

Too early to tell about McCoy. Start passing judgement on after next season.

by BUCSwillDOMINATE on Nov 6, 2011 6:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Well, I think you have to add the caveat

That when he comes back a year from now, he needs to play the entire season. 2 to 3 games missed for minor injuries, no worries. Yet another season-ending injury and I’ll feel justified in calling him too fragile and injury-prone and therefore a bust.

Fire. Greg. Olson. NOW.

by RookTakesYou on Nov 7, 2011 1:24 AM EST up reply actions  

a bust

look at the facts. Almost making a play is still not making a play. Besides clayborn all our d line is almost making plays. It is only fans of tampa bay talking about this guy. early this year many comentators clamied he would have a good year and you see how thats going. But not to worry de quan bowers looks worse. No explosine at all wtf.

by matthew#1 on Nov 6, 2011 5:35 PM EST reply actions  

McCoy had a very good year until his first injury

He forced a lot of early throws and contributed to several sacks. He was also extremely stout against the run. Of course, that doesn’t show up in the stat column so it’s easy to dismiss.

by Sander on Nov 6, 2011 5:43 PM EST up reply actions  

a lot of almosts

right now we are tied for 30th in sacks. If you are going to only play 10 games a season then those games should be productive and not almost productive. But like i said someone tell me why dequan bowers looks so slow. I agree that #93 does a lot of things that stats dont show but after two 1st and two 2nd invested in draft why are we falling to last in NFL again.

by matthew#1 on Nov 6, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Investing four picks in two years also means you now have an extremely young defensive line

One that has struggled with injuries, too.

As for the sacks, there are a number of reasons. When you play Brees twice you’re not going to get many sacks – getting him down is very hard. Having a very leaky secondary behind the defensive line doesn’t help. Neither does a defensive line that isn’t rushing like a unit, which too often allows QBs to escape the pocket and scramble to extend a play or get rid of the ball. And, of course, the Bucs only really have three good pass rushers right now (Clayborn, Bennett, Price) and they rotate a lot.

by Sander on Nov 6, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Raheem

Raheem isn’t fixing the mistakes. Is it time for him(and Olsen) to go?

by Buc Naked on Nov 6, 2011 5:40 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah it is.

He hasn’t fixed anything, the team is just where it was when he started, no offense, terrible defense, too many penalties, somebody needs to inform the glazers, because they obviously aren’t paying attention.

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 5:44 PM EST up reply actions  

correction

Unless Elbert Mack started playing for the bears, that’s clearly Charles Tillman of Chicago in the photo with McCoy

by BucFan727 on Nov 6, 2011 5:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Not raheem's fault

But I will place alot of blame on Greg Olsen. This offense is extremely boring and scarily predictable. The saints never even respected the deep ball as they repeatly keep 8 defenders in the box after the first drive. Inconsistency is this team issue as the dline was horrible. The adjustments that needed to be made were simple at best and the coaching staff just can’t do it

by BucFan727 on Nov 6, 2011 5:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Yeah it is rahdumbs fault

come on the defense is the worst in the nfl whose fault is that?

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 6:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Some fault maybe his..

But im the majority in my opinion is on the offensice coordinator. Trust i know raheem makes questionable calls too but his mistakes havent cost us games this year as the bland playcalling by Olsen has. Rah has barely been working with a full hands as some of those players (McCoy & Black) should come with “fragile” stickers on their helmets. I do beleive many of out defensive players arent playing to their potential, or not being utilized the right way..which is where Rah takes some blame

by BucFan727 on Nov 6, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

we were ranked 28th last week I'm sure we fell even further after today

and if we didn’t slide lower we should have

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Part of that would still be Olson's fault.

Our offense drops drives left and right, meaning the defense has to stay on the field until they figure something out. All that does is wear out our own defense, which makes it harder and harder to stop anyone as the game goes on. That’s without bringing up injuries or talent holes.

Could the defense be better? Yes. But they have at least shown the potential to be good this season, which is what you like to see out of a young defense. A full-time DC may help them improve and help out Raheem in general, but I think a better OC would help them out more.

by NewLogic on Nov 7, 2011 8:56 AM EST up reply actions  

So basically you said it wasnt rahs fault then gave reasons why it is.

Its okay, none of us can figure it out either.

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Nov 6, 2011 6:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Olsen

Why would he bring in Josh Johnson on that 3rd and 4? Makes no sense to me.

by Buc Naked on Nov 6, 2011 5:56 PM EST reply actions  

Exactly

you dont see the NE or GB bring their franchise QB off the field at KEY situations…and if i see that frickin Benn end around ONE more time! It doesnt work and hasnt worked get the picture Olsen

by BucFan727 on Nov 6, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Horrible

play calling. But free is still playing a little off and we need recivers bad. Mike wiliams underneath all day is not gonna cut it. how about some post routes with benn as that knee has healed.

by matthew#1 on Nov 6, 2011 6:03 PM EST reply actions  

Off topic:

what the hell is up with these nfl play 60 commercials? It was bad enough to have to watch the falcons, but now i have to suffer with the panthers too?The panthers. really? why? has this got something to do with cam newton?

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 6:04 PM EST reply actions  

The sky IS falling so here is what the team should do:

First Raheem should jump in the dj booth and spin some more records while he makes up some new words,McCoy should jump on twitter and preach about God while he invites fans out to dinner and a movie,Olson should try very hard to dislodge gruden’s playbook from his ass, and the whole team should just take 3 quarters of the game off then jump on “starship” Freeman and fly straight into the toilet. that should solve everything.

RAHEEM IS A JOKE! OLSON IS GARBAGE! THE GLAZERS SUCK!

by bucfanlostiniowa on Nov 6, 2011 6:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Funny but true..

I never really noticed how similar Olsen’s and Gruden"s playbooks were until i sit back and think now. Olsen still runs that same stupid end around run with Benn that Gruden use to run once a game with Clayton. Same shot plays and very limited conservative route combinations for Winslow that degrades his athlecticism. Same dink and dunk to fullbacks and backs in the flats which would work if we actually had a speed back who could take advantage of a defense on the perimeter. The only difference is Gruden’s offense had a speed threat (Galloway) that struck fear in defenders each and every play but was still wise enough to some how create a offense that got him the ball each and every Sunday…Olsen & Williams are you taking notes?

by BucFan727 on Nov 6, 2011 8:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Rush Defense

“and this loss really hurts their pass rush and run defense” – I didn’t know we ever had a pass rush defense……

Beware!!

by Creamsicle Power on Nov 6, 2011 10:39 PM EST reply actions  

Big loss

Gerald was becoming a force at DT. Bad luck. hope he can come back strong next year. Its sad to see that the top two dts drafted last year have been injured

by Stormin Monkee on Nov 7, 2011 12:45 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

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