It appears Giants fans at a local bar had some words for Bucs defensive end Kyle Moore

Poor Kyle Moore, the Bucs’ promising rookie defensive end has been banged up since preseason and has yet to make his NFL regular season debut.

Now he’s taking his lumps from beer-swilling fans. Hopefully, Caybrew drinkers.

Moore had relatively minor knee surgery last week and was not permitted on the sidelines during the Bucs-Giants game. So he headed out to a local watering hole to watch the game. Moore explains on his blog.

I wanted to be at the game and on the sidelines, or to even to watch it from the stands, but they told me not to risk it with the chance of someone bumping into it or having some other problem occur that might cause further injury or prevent it from healing properly. So I went to bar instead to watch the game and I had to talk smack the whole time with the other patrons that were there watching the game.

Joe can only imagine what kind of drunken bombs were hurled at the Buccaneer in the house during that game. Joe hopes they came from Giants fan, not the hometown faithful.

The good news, Moore reports, is that he should be back in three weeks. Post-surgery swelling in his knee was minimal.

The Bucs could use some fresh blood on the defensive line, and it’s the perfect time for Tampa Bay to find out if they have a player in their fourth-round pick.