Sean Murphy-Bunting Blames Himself For Costly Quad Injury Last Season
May 17th, 2023
Candid.
What intriguing chatter yesterday from cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting, a Buccaneers Super Bowl-season hero who moved on in free agency to the Tennessee Titans in March.
Murphy-Bunting was benched on defense in Weeks 1, 2 and 3 last season, relegated to special teams duty as Jamel Dean started alongside Carlton Davis at outside cornerback and others shared nickel corner duty.
In Week 4, Murphy-Bunting was back playing defense part-time before pulling a quad muscle in Week 5 and missing three games.
Murphy-Bunting was asked about staying healthy this season and responded by saying his personal lack of preparation got him injured.
Joe will add that injuries last season likely cost Murphy-Bunting at least another $10 million guaranteed in free agency.
“A lot of that [quad injury] probably was my fault, you know, just not being on top of things more so,” Murphy-Bunting said, suggested he wasn’t hydrating properly on a daily basis and being the “pro” he should have been.
“My playing time was cut down during the year. And that could be a reason why; once it increased, my workload increased [and] injuries happened. I’m not sure and I don’t have any excuses for it.”
Imagine not drinking enough water and that costing you millions. Water!!
Joe wishes Murphy-Bunting well. As Joe wrote previously, when Joe sat down 1-on-1 with Bucs head coach Todd Bowles in Phoenix, it sure sounded like he didn’t want to lose Murphy-Bunting, the Bucs’ second-round pick in 2019.
May 17th, 2023 at 2:30 pm
Guy started over a healthy Jamel Dean in the playoff game though. Then Dean got 48 million dollars more than SMB in free agency. Makes perfect sense when you realize the same team is moving a benched left guard to right tackle and wasted a second round pick on a quarterback who will never play when they had the greatest qb of all time and a ticking clock.
May 17th, 2023 at 3:17 pm
Bunting has been toast more times than I care to remember see ya fool way to bring it for Brady last year 🤦🏻
May 17th, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Not sure anyone really noticed a difference when he was on the field vs Dean. Actually, they are basically the same player minus injury and not being prepared for when his number was called.
Glad he confirmed he was the lesser of two lessers.
May 17th, 2023 at 3:36 pm
“Makes perfect sense when you realize the same team is moving a benched left guard to right tackle and wasted a second round pick on a quarterback who will never play when they had the greatest qb of all time and a ticking clock.”
I’m scared for this season but fine with those 2 moves. Goedeke played RT in college and played way better there than at LG in his play time last year. I don’t think he allowed a pressure in the game he played RT.
And go look at the players picked after Kyle Trask in that draft (basically R3 on). That isn’t what kept us from another SB or a bad season last year. It’s not like we had some extreme desperate positional need that year we were deep.
The Dean move does look confusing just based on him nto even playing over SMB at points. But to the eye Dean was a way better outside corner regardless
May 17th, 2023 at 4:03 pm
Well the real kicker is he would have come back for 3 mil and Light didn’t get it done …….. He is the best 3 mil corner in the NFL . Bowles didn’t do a good job with him ………. Somewhat Injury Prone but a good player ………. Note to League , if you can’t resign a decent 2 nd round pick for 3 mil , you’re doing something wrong ……….. much rather spend Whites extra cap in F Agency and keep Bunting …….. Again losing football move !! Whites a Cancer and a middle lB …… By by should hv been the move !!! I’ll keep a decent corner and find another LB for 6 mil and the draft pick . Light Put Down the Beer !!!
May 17th, 2023 at 5:12 pm
Well, at least he was transparent and honest…but maybe he shouldn’t have been. Eeeks.
May 17th, 2023 at 5:16 pm
Me, being honest to my boss: “I didn’t really do my job.”
Boss: “YOU’RE FIRED!”
Real-life problems.
May 17th, 2023 at 5:56 pm
New team probably didn’t need to hear that
May 17th, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Pretty sure dean wasn’t healthy he had a big toe injury but ok.
May 17th, 2023 at 6:37 pm
Mark, imo they started SMB over Dean in the playoff game because they knew there was a decent chance they weren’t going far & that drove Dean’s price down. As for Goedeke, maybe he was benched at guard because he never should’ve been at guard. And if Mayfield doesn’t pop open this off-season they were ready with Trask for post-Brady. Yeah, another all-in draft pick makes sense but Bruce liked Kyle as an heir apparent.
May 17th, 2023 at 8:24 pm
I thought Bowles raved about SMB’s intelligence the most?! This isn’t a shot at Bowles, but just asking….
May 17th, 2023 at 8:33 pm
On the flipside think about how dehydration can lead to complications for millions of Americans.
Obesity:
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Poor metabolic function:
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Kidney problems:
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Cardiovascular issues:
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Cognitive impairment:
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Heatstroke:
In hot climates or during strenuous physical activity, inadequate water intake can cause the body to overheat, leading to heatstroke. This condition can be life-threatening if not promptly addressed.
May 18th, 2023 at 8:32 am
Christopher: “Mark, imo they started SMB over Dean in the playoff game because they knew there was a decent chance they weren’t going far & that drove Dean’s price down.”
Ridiculous. They tanked a playoff game when they had Tom Brady and you have any faith in them?
Tucker: Dean wasn’t hurt. He played a bunch of special teams snaps in the playoff game.
May 18th, 2023 at 9:21 am
CrackWise Says:
May 17th, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Not sure anyone really noticed a difference when he was on the field vs Dean. Actually, they are basically the same player minus injury and not being prepared for when his number was called.
Glad he confirmed he was the lesser of two lessers.
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CrackWise thinks Dean is a “lesser”…. quickly shows the readers of JoeBucsFan how little he actually knows about football. STFU.
May 18th, 2023 at 9:26 am
It wasn’t DEHYDRATION, it may have been a factor but that isn’t it.
SMB hadn’t played meaningful snaps in weeks. His body’s football preparedness was purely from what he was doing at practice, which isn’t much. Practices during the season are fairly low temp, low impact, designed to put a premium on player safety and keeping the healthy for the season. Players that play a lot on Sundays, get tons of running in during the game. Players that don’t play a lot on Sundays, have to do extra during the week to simulate playing in games. If they don’t, they are not physically prepared for the physical rigors of playing a full game. This is what SMB was likely referring to. He wasn’t playing much or at all… and he wasn’t doing extra work to be physically prepared on his own (simply practicing isn’t enough), and when he got thrown into the game, he got injured. Dehydration may have been a slight factor but not being physically prepared was the reason.
May 19th, 2023 at 2:32 am
what Brandon said, were you a player? you just explained this completely–you made it clear to us what happened, something Joe and SMB were unable to do. They tried but it took you to clear up what happened. Thx Brandon!