Gerald McCoy to IR with right biceps injury - confirmed

by Sander on Nov 7, 2011 12:22 PM EST

Raheem Morris has just confirmed that Gerald McCoy will be placed on injured reserve with a torn right biceps, ending his season. That's the same injury that ended his season last year, and it looks like it was caused by the same action: reaching out to tackle a running back with one hand. It has to be concerning that McCoy suffered essentially the same injury in the same way twice in two years, albeit to different arms.

With McCoy injured and Frank Okam recovering from a calf injury the Bucs only have two healthy defensive tackles on the roster: Brian Price and Roy Miller. While George Johnson, Da'Quan Bowers and Michael Bennett could all play inside in a pinch, that's hardly an ideal solution. The Bucs will likely need to add a defensive tackle to the roster, which is what Raheem Morris suggested as well.

Given the fact that the Bucs currently have five defensive ends on the roster and Tim Crowder was deactivated against the Saints, that could be the end of his presence on the roster.

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Raheem apparently said Bowers can't play tackle

If Bennett gets moved inside that should open up more playing time for Bowers at end though.

Yugly.

by aakks on Nov 7, 2011 12:28 PM EST reply actions

Yeah probably

Gmc’s injury is a problem big time.

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Nov 7, 2011 1:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

No doubt

Anyone knocking McCoy as a bust (other than for injury reasons) just needs to look at how bad that interior line gets when he’s out to see they’re wrong.

Yugly.

by aakks on Nov 7, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

Hasn't Jeff Faine also had his bicep torn a number of times?

I don’t hear anyone talk about ‘bust’ with Faine. Why with GMC? Of course with Warren Sapp we never heard of a bicep being torn.

by Chengdu Buc on Nov 7, 2011 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Sapp didn't have to tackle people with one arm either

Man was vicious.

by BucfaninAZ on Nov 7, 2011 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

I really dont ever recall Sapp getting injured, although being football he probably did.

McCoy is not a bust, I am tired of hearing about it. Obviously he needs to build more upper body strength and arm strength.
3 to 4 years is a good general rule to determine if a player is a bust or not though….

East Coast Fan

by Bucfan on Nov 7, 2011 2:56 PM EST up reply actions