Former Bucs TE Fears For O.J.
November 18th, 2018
Injury concern.
John Gilmore was a tight end that logged 10 years in the NFL, three with the Bucs playing for Chucky and Raheem Morris.
When he watched Bucs tight end O.J. Howard have to be helped off the field and heard it was an ankle injury, Gilmore said it sure looks like the Bucs’ stud tight end might be missing some time.
Gilmore, speaking on the Bucs postgame show heard on WXTB-FM 97.9, believes Howard very well could have a high ankle sprain and that means missed games.
“Those things don’t go away,” Gilmore said of a high-ankle sprain. He said he has had his ankle rolled up before and that’s exactly what it looked like happened to Howard. And if it is a high ankle sprain for Howard, “You are going to miss some time.”
Gilmore noted that with a high ankle sprain, it will linger with Howard the rest of the season and it is just a matter of pain tolerance and being medically cleared for him to get back on the field.
November 18th, 2018 at 4:57 pm
If that’s case shut him down for the season. Dude is beast. Bucs are playing for draft positioning anyways
November 18th, 2018 at 4:58 pm
He should just go on IR. It’s a lost season
November 18th, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Sit him. No sense in him playing anymore this year.
November 18th, 2018 at 5:04 pm
The season is over anyway
The Bucs are playing for stats, like they normally do
November 18th, 2018 at 5:11 pm
No reason to risk further injury……this is why we paid Brate the big bucks….
November 18th, 2018 at 5:12 pm
John Gilmore a has Ben who is a dr now
November 18th, 2018 at 5:16 pm
“Only way now for JW to get out of this putrid franchise is for Father Dungy to be hired”
Kobe Faker
November 18th, 2018 at 5:17 pm
Had two. Doc said it is better to break it.
November 18th, 2018 at 5:19 pm
Looked bad. Put him on the shelf for a full recovery. He is a gem.
November 18th, 2018 at 5:20 pm
Yup, shut him down. Season is over.
November 18th, 2018 at 5:30 pm
boJim. Had one sliding into second base. ER doc told me the exact same thing! As I recall, it was crutches for probably two or three weeks.
November 18th, 2018 at 5:30 pm
come on guys…. season is not over.. there is always hope in bucland
November 18th, 2018 at 5:32 pm
Shut him down playing him is the same as thst BS win agaibst the saints last year
November 18th, 2018 at 6:03 pm
Shut him down roll tide
November 18th, 2018 at 6:43 pm
Feed him HGH like they’re tic tacs, and he’ll be fine.
It’s really dumb the NFL doesn’t allow for HGH’s, under doctors supervision they really do help with injuries a ton, and there’s no reason to have them banned at this point.
November 18th, 2018 at 11:27 pm
JPP’s injury looked horrible as well. But that dude is a freak of nature. Came back to play and I’m sure he was hurting the rest of the game. Man Beast. OJ is a warrior too.
November 19th, 2018 at 3:19 pm
seems like a good time for ownership to meddle with the decisions of a lame duck coach. let brate earn his $6 mil racking up catches while OJ heals up for the new regime and a less hopeless (by default) new season