Gerald McCoy: “Don’t You Ever Question Me”
May 6th, 2019
Something got under Gerald McCoy’s skin.
Entering his 10th NFL season, McCoy is in a very bizarre spot. He is healthy and he can still play, yet the Bucs intentionally are acting publicly like they want nothing to do with him even though he’s still on the roster.
Team Glazer, apparently, has no issue with this ongoing perception game the Bucs brass is playing with a guy ownership chose to adorn on the stadium facade for several years. Perhaps there’s a well-thought-out reason for it all? Nah, Joe highly doubts that.
McCoy has been rather quiet lately, sharing training photos on social media and staying away from voluntary work at One Buc Palace. But McCoy got loud yesterday on Instagram.
Zac Blobner of WDAE-AM 620 caught a bitter and sweaty McCoy via the Twitter video below.
Joe’s not sure what to make of all this. The unassigned outrage and chest-pounding by McCoy feels like a very 9th-grade move.
The original rant from Gerald McCoy’s Instagram… for those who heard the audio on @RonnieNTL & @TKras and wanted to hear it again #Bucs
🤷🏻♂️ Mans working hard, respect ✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/FGMddSLPDY
— Zac Blobner (@ZacOnTheMic) May 6, 2019
McCoy has said previously that he has interest in acting after his football career. So perhaps he’s playing a role here. Or he’s really annoyed and can’t keep it quiet any longer.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:20 am
No trollmax yet? He must be cashing his social security check so he can go to the liquor store.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:22 am
That post by GMC was ready made for the trolls. Bad form regardless.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:23 am
Good acting, fake news… I think “Softy” maybe tried to be like Lee Roy Selmon his whole career but unfortunately didn’t have near the talent, class or leadership involved in that role. “Sooner” he’s gone the better, end the madness!
May 6th, 2019 at 9:26 am
Hopefully Browns buy it
May 6th, 2019 at 9:26 am
GMC is finally growing some balls, it might be to late buddy..
May 6th, 2019 at 9:27 am
No one likes uncertainty in their careers
Is keeping McCoy at current salary worth cutting 3 other players?
Is moving to another team for pride’s sake worth it to McCoy and family?
May 6th, 2019 at 9:29 am
My post deleted? No curse words, just anti McCoy. Protecting the fake pro bowler now? ugh
May 6th, 2019 at 9:31 am
Do it on the field.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:36 am
What BFFL said.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:36 am
@Tbbucs3…Exactly!…he always talks a mean game, so phony!
May 6th, 2019 at 9:36 am
For those criticizing him, why aren’t you also roasting JPP? Look, at least GMC isn’t running his own car off the road, he is putting in a bunch of work. Good.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:37 am
Lovin this post by McCoy. Maybe Arians is trying to create an angry version of McCoy. Seems to be working. Bring him back.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:37 am
Lol every year this dude always talk tough… so sick of his antics
May 6th, 2019 at 9:39 am
Sounds like him and arians is not gonna work out… sorry Gerald ..coach is right
May 6th, 2019 at 9:39 am
THEN GO TO WORK. CANT SEE YOU AT ONE BUC PLACE
May 6th, 2019 at 9:40 am
it all makes sense now…this weak minded player that fronted a weak minded team pays attention to stupid fan talk? Says it all right there. Soft as sh*t…..
May 6th, 2019 at 9:41 am
Arians is not trying to create no angry McCoy … he speaks the truth … If a coach has to lie to get a player to play to his highest level there’s a problem
May 6th, 2019 at 9:42 am
We don’t have to question her we have dance party videos and win loss record to prove that attempting to build a defense around cancer93 failed miserably.. time for the selfish crying clown to go away simple as that. He’s a proven me first career loser and the undisputed face of the basement years
May 6th, 2019 at 9:42 am
Funny thing :
Yesterday I was watching You Tube NFL videos Defense Talking
MCCOY is on their Apologizing to Big Ben Hahah. And the announcer said He has never heard a Lineman apologize as the player was hitting the QB
BUT I DO HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR A MAN WHO IS A FATHER FAR TOO FEW IN THIS WORLD
May 6th, 2019 at 9:45 am
Maybe if she was half as tough on the field as she is on Twitter she’d have a meaningful win or signature game over the last decade
May 6th, 2019 at 9:46 am
GMC can’t seem to win no matter what…..lay back and take it….labeled a wimp…..get outraged….labled a “9th grader”….
Seems to me that GMC is definitely going to be traded or cut….but won’t be a Buc.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:50 am
This debacle has been nothing more than a waste of oxygen. Management is working under the law of supply and demand and the player, who knows it, still gets his pride tarnished. If his agent had any smarts, he would have pushed for a trade last year.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:50 am
Oh snap, it only took 10 years for his balls to drop…
Talk is cheap though, may be to little too late…
May 6th, 2019 at 9:52 am
TBBF you are correct. This forum, and the guys who write the articles, are anti McCoy. He could donate his check to a battered womans shelter and people would complain it took his too long to do it. It’s the JBF forum’s way.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:53 am
Strong work 93 on doing what u are supposed to do
May 6th, 2019 at 9:57 am
MORT
Because of something called PRODUCTION…
May 6th, 2019 at 9:59 am
The problem with McCoy at this stage in his career is his production is slipping….he’s injury prone….and his teammates simply don’t buy what he’s selling. If he were an alpha-dog for the defense, the Bucs could probably eat his contract for another year….but he’s just not that guy. You’ve got a changing of the guard with the new LB and Vea…The defense needs a new voice and McCoy seems butt hurt at the idea of not being the face anymore. Frankly I’ve got that impression from him since Winston came to town.
May 6th, 2019 at 9:59 am
boo hoo GMC……LOL…..
GO BUCS!!!!
May 6th, 2019 at 10:05 am
That’s the problem, Gerald!!! Try not taking plays off every game like you have since college. No one cares you’re sweaty in a gym on May 5th.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:05 am
I got $13,000,000.00 million reasons why you ain’t working hard enough.
Vea makes you irrelevant for a tenth the cost.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:07 am
I’m happy to see McCoy like this. It’s a refreshing change.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:15 am
That is a bad look.. But also a look like a player who has gotten because of great amazing talent over hard work.
This reeks of a player who is being asked to take a play cut, but he feels his value is higher than everyone else has deemed it to be. If everyone in the league has an issue with his contract, then it might be out of scale.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:16 am
#market price…..
May 6th, 2019 at 10:18 am
The best new day in Tampa Bay. The Bucs trade or out right release Gerald McCoy today !!!
May 6th, 2019 at 10:18 am
I dont get the hate for the guy. He has been my favorite Buc player of the last decade….not saying much I know…..but the guy has been a class act his entire career. 2 years ago multiple teams made it known they have to gameplan around 93. Yeah he has slipped a bit in the last year but 10 years in the trenches…at the nfl level…thats a grind man.. I think this is all a motivational thing for the bucs and perhaps trying to get him to renegotiate to a more cap friendly deal. Everyone on here was clammering for us to sign suh last year.. Seems like they ended up pretty close and 93 had 2 less games due to injury.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:21 am
Hey Softie……
Don’t make me laugh.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:21 am
Let me see a 10 sack season. Hell let me see 5 and I might believe ya… 😂
May 6th, 2019 at 10:28 am
A-TRAIN … If you or I were in GMC’s shoes given the contract situation he’s in, I bet neither of us would be at One Buc Palace either. Too much to lose without a firm commitment from the Bucs. Example: Tear an ACL or something similar & what other team would sign him then?
Bucs have treated him poorly throughout this debacle IMO, and that’s on GM Jason Licht far as I’m concerned. I’d be annoyed too if I were GMC. I still think however that odds are better than 50-50 that McCoy is a Buc this year. Without him, we’ve got Vea, Allen & Beckner in the center of our DLine, and the first two didn’t generate that much last year in terms of sacks, TFLs & QB Hits.
BTW Joe, been anxiously waiting to hear something … anything … about how JPP is doing after his accident. Why hasn’t the media followed up on that? Too reminiscent of hearing next to nothing about how Beckwith’s recovery has been coming along.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:29 am
I was born a Sooner, and have enjoyed Gerald’s career. He seems to have forgotten the wisdom of Will Rogers who said, “Never pass up a good chance to shut up!”
May 6th, 2019 at 10:38 am
Why do the people who comment here feel like they need to have a gimmick? They hoping to get noticed or put all pro troll on their resume? Seriously BN wouldn’t allow half of these ding dongs on the site for more than a day. Mix most of these articles with their rules on commenting and it would be a much better experience.
Restructure GMC and give him a 3 year deal that pays him more guaranteed that’s spread out. Let him retire a Buc and be an extremely rare 1 team player for his career. Get him in positions to succeed on this line and rotate more to keep him fresh
May 6th, 2019 at 10:41 am
McCoy will look great in a Cleveland Browns uniform. Let’s please make that happen soon…
May 6th, 2019 at 10:42 am
SCBucsFan Says:
May 6th, 2019 at 9:52 am
TBBF you are correct. This forum, and the guys who write the articles, are anti McCoy. This is beyond ludicrous.–Joe
He could donate his check to a battered womans shelter and people would complain it took his too long to do it. It’s the JBF forum’s way.
his job is to win games the good in the community and donating to BS charities is meaningless fluff losers use to defend this failure..
i’d be more impressed if you donated 5.00 to the cancer society than some athlete during an organized PR stunt with a camera crew donating 10K…
May 6th, 2019 at 10:43 am
GMC is a garbage player. He can’t talk crap he is too soft for that.
May 6th, 2019 at 10:43 am
Look, whatever you may think of GMC, it’s just time to cut ties. Bucs can probably get an equal DT for half his price. Plus, we all know GMC and Kwon did little to improve the defense and the other players other than some sideline dance moves. GMC was a good player that had a tendency to disappear in crunchtime.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:05 am
Not a winner or leader. Great guy and spokesman.
Pass….move on
May 6th, 2019 at 11:25 am
Hey, I feel for McCoy. I’d love to have him back with this attitude. He is a solid player that works hard. We need guys like him. He is not the best DT in the league. He is solid. Let’s just call it what it is and go forward. I think it is in poor taste to critique his commitment, work ethic, or sacrifice. Those are all things that we, as internet readers, can not judge. It makes no sense to tear down current players on our team. We definitely need the best 53 to suit up and play, and GMC is clearly in that 53. Let’s get his salary reworked in a way that is a win-win for the Bucs and GMC, and lets see how we feel about GMC after a season or two of winning football.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:31 am
I don’t question your love for football, Gerald. That was on full display for everyone to see how much fun you had during the Capital Collapse. What I question is your love for wins. Lets just say you don’t have to worry that you’re so hungry for wins that you look silly eating finger Ws
May 6th, 2019 at 11:34 am
The correct move right now for Gump and the Bucs is…..nothing.
Do nothing, say nothing, do not even blink.
Luckily Gump is frozen with fear and trepidation might make the correct non-move by accident.
Fire Licht tonight.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:36 am
Talking tough on a gym workout video but not dominant on field in game-time situations. Just don’t get it.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:45 am
Literally no one is questioning any of these things.. People aren’t worried about McCoy drinking / not working out / not caring about football.
It’s more so questions about $13M salary for a 30+ year old DT who has declining production and is not an obvious scheme fit
It’s more so questions about him seemingly being pretty content with losing / not ever being part of a culture change or dominant D as a leader.
Fans gravitated to Kwon because Kwon HATED losing and was vocal about it early on. Same with guys like Ayers or JPP. I want that out of everyone on the defense.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:48 am
Blah blah blah. For as consistent as he is with this bs you’d think he’d make more of a difference on the field.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:50 am
Can’t blame him. Antonio Brown did the same thing and look and him now – got off the Steelers and is getting PAID, just what he wanted.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:50 am
@Lord Cornelius great points
May 6th, 2019 at 11:59 am
Why would you choose to insult Joe like this? … Also, should Joe not share what Gerald McCoy is sharing, presumably because he wants everyone to see it? C’mon. –Joe
May 6th, 2019 at 12:03 pm
Rumor has it that there’s been a bit of constipation going on at One Buc.
A big Bowles movement is bound to drip this Thursday/Friday.
May 6th, 2019 at 12:04 pm
drop
May 6th, 2019 at 12:04 pm
per PFF “Gerald McCoy has been our highest graded pass rusher at DT in each of the past 2 seasons, registering 125 pressures.” But yea no use to us at all lets just dump him for free, at this point I hope he leaves this sorry franchise and goes somewhere that will actually give him better then practice team quality line mates. Team run by morons who care more about soccer, in a town full of people born everywhere but Tampa, with the most un-educated fan base I have ever met, being a Bucs/Rays fan is a lot easier out here on the west coast, I don’t have to make up for how stupid my fellow fans make me look
May 6th, 2019 at 12:12 pm
I’ve said it before. Great player over the years whose production has slipped but can still play, is still a great team mate and gentleman who grinds. For those calling him soft, I can only laugh. You have no clue on what it takes to play DT in the NFL. Calling him as soft or a “her” is easy to do behind a fake name and keyboard. Classless, ignorant and cowardly. Sad. Go Bucs!
May 6th, 2019 at 12:17 pm
it’s going to be what Bowles wants.New head coach want his QB. Bowles got his with white plus most draft pick at defense.Bowles shaping the defense with his type of guys. For GMC … I hope he regains his attack mode and stays. We don’t have depth at DT. Or release and sign suh on a friendly one year.
May 6th, 2019 at 12:24 pm
Lol nice delete joe, nothing wrong in the post but it doesn’t fit you click bait narrative, thanks for giving me the final push away this website has been letting me down for about 4 years now, peace click bait city and mccoy haters, time to find real bucs content
May 6th, 2019 at 1:05 pm
We have the worst fans in all of sports. Worship that w eating loser and attack mccoy. Gooberville.
May 6th, 2019 at 1:13 pm
Joe let’s sexist comments, comments that are meant as nothing but a personal attack on a real mans character, but when someone calls out this forum and comment thread for what it is, joe has to intercede because clicks are money and that’s whats it important not a quality community or good content
May 6th, 2019 at 1:14 pm
The questions were answered long ago!!!!!!!!! Even most of the sheep now know!!!!!!!!!! She should have been traded after the 2016 season!!!!!!! After throwing her tantrum about playing in a hybrid scheme that was not featuring Her!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ice cream melts in Florida every time!!!!!!!!!!
2019 will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 6th, 2019 at 1:38 pm
DEAR GERALD, WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING YOUR WORK ETHIC, IM QUESTIONING YOUR TESTOSTERONE LEVELS, WE NEED YOU TO BE A DOG, YOUR WORKING HARD THATS GREAT!! SO ARE MANY OTHER PLAYERS… BY THE WAY I WAS WITH MY KIDS ON CINCO DE MAYO, IM PRETTY SURE YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESNT DRINK THAT DAY!! SO NO MEDALS WILL BE GIVEN OUT BECUASE YOU DIDNT GO DRINK SORRY!!
May 6th, 2019 at 1:50 pm
Thanks for all your effort idc what anybody says this dude has played hard for a long time I don’t see any haters lining up in his pos. Or even on a pee wee squad talk is easy for you haters now let’s see y’all go out there an play his pos. You cut McCoy it hen who replaces him Allen vea plzz McCoy is still better vea has a long way to go before he is called elite McCoy has bin elite for a long time y’all don’t make sense cutting this guy
May 6th, 2019 at 4:18 pm
Thats the spirit GMC. Give’em a taste of the cold steel. Put in your work. I personally luv this video. Give’em hell GMC!!!
May 6th, 2019 at 5:17 pm
We have seen this song and dance before. He has said it before. The film does not lie GMC. Your stats are not 5 million let alone 13. Bucs should just release him unless that Duke trade is in play, which I think it is not or it would have come to fruition by now.
May 6th, 2019 at 5:24 pm
the sheep love them some career losers making excuses left and right but totally ignored you hero captained some of the worst defenses in NFL history
you guys talk about everything but what matters.. and that is WINS. the dude is not a leader nor a winner…. being good int he community and showing up on time does not make one great nor a keeper…. they are sports entertainers paid to win. NOT raise your stupid kids or be role models. Parents and teachers should be role models becuaee very few little johnnies will every see the nfl… you people are hilarious but not as hilarious as this franchise.
I’ll say it again, i’d be more impressed if you donated 5.00 to the cancer society than some me first athlete camera hound like cancer93 donating time or money during an organized team PR stunt with a camera crew
you guys love fluff but run away from substance.
May 6th, 2019 at 6:29 pm
GMC must have been reading the JBF comment section, years of tmax and bucsrealist posts have finally shattered him
May 6th, 2019 at 10:16 pm
FatBoiBucsFan
93 was born mentally weak. If a comment section bothers any fan or player they have far bigger issues to deal with and have no place outside of thier safespace much less attempting to accept reality
May 6th, 2019 at 10:18 pm
10 years to late!!!
May 6th, 2019 at 11:46 pm
Whatever it takes to get motivated, btw, who questioned him?