Carl Nicks’ Toe “Heavily Bandaged”
July 24th, 2013
Talk to any Bucs representative — a suit, a coach, a player — and they absolutely crow about the chance the Bucs have for a roadgrader of an offensive line with the return of Pro Bowlers Carl Nicks and David Joseph, starting guards who were felled last year with injuries.
Nicks barely made it to midseason with a nasty turf toe that Joe himself saw in the Bucs locker room and it was indeed gross. Joseph suffered an ugly knee injury in preseason.
But Woody Cummings of The Tampa Tribune, with his own eyes, got a peek at The Toe as players reported to One Buc Palace in the small hours of the morning today. Cummings cast a shadow on just how healthy Nicks may be..
@RCummingsTBO: Bucs LG Carl Nicks showed up for camp this morning with his left toe still heavily bandaged. He missed most of 2012 with that toe injury.
Doesn’t sound good, does it? The thing is, Joe has been doing his homework with trusted Bucs sources the past week or so and none of them suggested Nicks would not be ready to go for training camp.
Bucs coach Greg Schiano offered guarded words about Nicks, stating each player coming back from an injury will have a personally-crafted workout regime that may or may not include lining up for snaps starting tomorrow morning.
Schiano said that with veterans who have proven their mettle in NFL wars (Darrelle Revis, Joseph and Nicks), there is no need to throw them into the fire right away because their past merited a pass. The immediate No. 1 goal, Schiano said, is to ensure guys coming back from an injury are ready to take the field at the New Jersey Swamplands Week 1 against the Jets.
So let it be known, until further notice, this is the season of The Toe.
July 24th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Lets hope the bandages are for protective purposes. If not…it is adding to the bad news earlier this week.
I hate this time of year…usaally any news for a team is bad news. Lets get the season started without any more.
July 24th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
🙁 get back soon big man
July 24th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
@Tampabaybucfan, agreed.
STILL bandaged is what sends up a red flag. Like has been said, if it’s just for protection, all is well.
July 24th, 2013 at 2:15 pm
Well if it’s was bad they would of put him in the PUP list… Or at least I think they would.
Also how did you put in a smiley face??
July 24th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
somebody call rex ryan.
we need an expert!
July 24th, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Really would like to see him and Joseph out there…hope it’s not a big deal .
July 24th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
@ You go Joe
http://pc.net/emoticons/
simply type a colon “:” followed by a open parenthesis “(”
and the html editor will interpret it as 🙁
Also,
Oh gods of football please heal Nick’s toe.
This we humbly pray.
July 24th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Unfortunately The Toe begins with offensive lineman and not camel! Hopefully he can get it together for Week 1.
July 24th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
At what point do you cut the toe off?
July 24th, 2013 at 3:38 pm
@ You go Joe
simply type a colon “:” followed by a open parenthesis “(”
and the html editor will interpret it as 🙁
Also,
Oh gods of football please heal Nick’s toe.
This we humbly pray.
July 24th, 2013 at 4:20 pm
Joe – you frequently mentioning seeing the toe and it being disgusting? You’ve got me so intrigued – what exactly was the injury? What did you see?!
July 24th, 2013 at 4:32 pm
I’m not worried. As long as he doesn’t re-injure it, he’ll be ready at some point in the preseason.
July 24th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Many times the bandages are for protection and piece of mind for the athlete.
July 24th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Wow, Schiano can make training camp exceptions for Revis, Nicks, and Joseph, yet he played hard ass, and ran off Kellen Winslow, who was once most of our offense!
July 24th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Joe just said on wdae that he learned the bandage was protection only.
July 24th, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Do you know what exactly was wrong with his toe? medical term?
July 24th, 2013 at 7:17 pm
Jimbo:
Turf toe was the injury last year. Imagine your big toe about three times as big as it should be and cherry red. That’s what it looked like. Hope you already had dinner.
Joe was told late this afternoon the bandage in question is precautionary and Nicks is fine and good to go.
July 24th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
For good reason!
July 24th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
Sound like Nicks is here today, gone TOE-morrow.
((Too soon?))
July 24th, 2013 at 8:12 pm
Even if the bandages are for protection only (reminds me of the small sign on the little dispenser in drive-in bathrooms when I was a young lad), it worries me, after so long. Is this condition becoming chronic??
July 25th, 2013 at 5:44 am
Now that was funny Robert. You probably need to explain to the masses that Rex has a thing for feet. No word if he like enhanced big toes.