Gerald McCoy Says “Get Over It”
August 15th, 2014
The national freakout about the Tampa Bay offensive line has been heard loud and clear by Gerald McCoy. And No. 93 doesn’t agree with the message.
McCoy issued a firm retort to the mass fear surrounding the Bucs’ offensive line play.
“Get over it. It’s one preseason game. Move on,” McCoy said yesterday evening. “We have three more. So what if they look; let’s just, you know, hypothetically say [the offensive linemen] look terrible all of preseason. Who cares? You know, we’re out here working and we know what we have to improve on. And we’re just going to keep working until we improve.
“I think it’s a little overhyped. I think people are too worried after the one game.”
So there you have it. McCoy wags a finger the “emergency” and the “shock” comments of former NFL players.
Keep calm.
August 15th, 2014 at 9:53 am
Thank you Gerald!
Although if they look as bad after game 3, I’m not so sure Lovie’s going to feel the same way.
August 15th, 2014 at 10:03 am
This just proves that players do pay attention to the media, and how the media can zap a teams confidence by being negative.
August 15th, 2014 at 10:13 am
Thank Goodness Maybe since you clowns heard it from GMAC(not you joes) yall will shut up about it!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you Gerald!!
August 15th, 2014 at 10:23 am
The concern about the OL still remains legitimate by fans, no matter the dismissal.
August 15th, 2014 at 10:25 am
I am so excited about the game Saturday!!! So many people are already pinning there whole season on the second pre-season game. normally pre-season means nothing, and yet it is a must show up for the Bucs already!!!
Go Bucs! and Go Beer!!!
August 15th, 2014 at 10:30 am
If there is any one person in the world that knows the strength/weakness of at least one of our guard positions (perhaps both)….it is GMC…..after all, he is the one who has daily contact across the line…..and he has many other team’s guards to measure ours by.
If GMC says….’don’t worry”…..I’m with him!!!
August 15th, 2014 at 10:33 am
It does seem a little too early to go into full scale panic mode “after one preseason game” as Gerald correctly put it. However, it’s not surprising after the way they played in Jax, and considering we all knew that with the recent loss of Nicks, Joseph, Zuttah, most Bucs fans felt very uneasy about the state of our interior line. Hopefully they play better Saturday night and Lovie/Licht are able to trade for or sign a couple more players to make the line stronger. Good offensive linemen don’t grow on trees and we are less than a month from the season opener. I’ll panic if they haven’t gotten any better over the next couple preseason games…till then you just have to trust that Coach Smith is on top of it.
August 15th, 2014 at 10:57 am
@tampabaybucfan
but what is he supposed to say, GMC can’t say,” Man were are in trouble” these guys are the worst I have ever seen!!!
August 15th, 2014 at 10:58 am
I just read on the Miami Herald website that the Dolphins are game planning for the Bucs- they are game planning every preseason game. So it will be even more interesting to see how we play against them. As an aside, it makes me wonder how awful the Dolphins will be this year if they feel the need to game plan all their preseason games; I don’t think I have ever heard a team admit to doing this.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:00 am
Sounds as if GMC still has a company man, “toes on the line” attitude.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:01 am
Thank you, Gerald. Listen, the fact that the Bucs are switching guys in and out of the positions to find the best fit should give yall at least some assurance here. And as Joe has written, Licht fashions himself as a dumpster diver who can find talent which will be out there walking the streets soon!
If they were set on the same group that played Friday and that was that, then I would be calling McCown with a big fat life insurance policy.
We are gonna see some good ball played this year, folks. Im nothing but psyched. Go bucs!
August 15th, 2014 at 11:02 am
Doesnt mean much after the offensive linemen have already been quoted as saying they played horrible. They got beat on way too many one on one opportunities across the board.
What’s McCoy supposed to say, really? “We’re screwed”. I dont believe for a second that McCoy doesnt hand these guys their lunch all day long at practice if given the opportunity.
You can’t hide turds on the offensive line. They will get taken advantage of at critical times of a game.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:04 am
You GMC,for the record,your mentor Warren Sapp, was never too concerned about his offense either…until his career was almost half over and he realized that if he’d NEVER get to where he wanted to be without one…GMC has always HAD an offense so he doesn’t know what that’s like…(Yet?)
August 15th, 2014 at 11:06 am
Good offensive teams arent still shuffling half the offensive line around “looking for the right fit” halfway through camp.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:09 am
Dude, we’ll stop talking about them when you stop running by em
August 15th, 2014 at 11:10 am
No panic here, I’ve seen an ex basketball player get picked up and placed along the defensive line, convert to right tackle eventually beating out the incumbent starter at the position and proceed to improving himself to a point where began to bud as one of the better graded right tackles in the game. As crazy as that all sounds, I don’t think we’ll go through a process as long as Dotson’s journey to find 1 competent starting gaurd this season, which would vastly improve our odds at building and maintaining a strong OL in the future. So no panic here, just a bit of anxiety over the wait between these games!! Go Bucs!!
August 15th, 2014 at 11:14 am
Indeed, it is one preseason game so while its not great it’s not the end of the world…
…but if we see that play in week 1 it is going to be a very long season and McCown and Glennon might both get hurt.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:15 am
Consider the source. Gerald also told us last pre-season to calm down about Josh Freeman – that people were making something out of nothing as it pertained to JFro.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:20 am
I’m doubly excited about Saturday’s game. If the Bucs don’t go all all-pro on the offensive line it’l be great fun to watch the body count pile up under the Bay area bridge. Oh the crying and screaming and calling for management heads to role will be glorious. As much as I’m a life long Bucs fan since the 70’s, I almost hope they stink it up one more time just to watch the chaos and panic go into overdrive. Really, the silliness of the fan base is far more entertaining than the preseason games. Come on Bucs, one more time for the Gipper.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:24 am
@ Buc Realist
“but what is he supposed to say, GMC
can’t say,” Man were are in trouble” these guys are the worst I have ever seen!!!”
Actually, he had lots of options……from no comment at all to a simple “we’re working on it”………
August 15th, 2014 at 11:24 am
Gerald McCoy takes the strong company stance and he should, he is being compensated appropriately …. now, he said so what if they play poorly all preseason….well, if they do, this comment community will blow up
August 15th, 2014 at 11:27 am
@lightning,
Very good point
August 15th, 2014 at 11:35 am
McCoy, like the rest of Bucs fan, is used to getting over mediocre results from this football team. When is being a bad football team not going to be acceptable? With a terrible QB and oline this football team will suck.
August 15th, 2014 at 11:40 am
More lip service from McCoy. He also said Schiano was a good coach. Sorry but this line still sucks real bad and will continue to suck until Licht and Lovie bring in someone who can play at an NFL level.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:05 pm
It’s not that I think everything is ok, I just knew all along that you can’t undo all the bad that had been done here in the last 5 years, in 7-8 months.
The team went 1-3 in preseason and then 3-13 under Dominik in 2009, his first year as GM.
I think I’ll afford LovieLicht more than one preseason game before I call for heads.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:11 pm
If my Child got an F on a practice Test. I would worry.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Well, considering the Bears protected Cutler very well against Jacksonville it does appear that our O-line played like a bunch of high schoolers. Now, having said that, I’m sure we will see improvment and that’s all we can ask for at this point. No sense panicking after one game. The the coaching staff time to do their jobs.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:18 pm
No, if my child got an F on a practice test I would work with them until my child improved. If, after the work they still failed, then I would get outside help.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Most Buccanneer fans and media 101 be like: hate on the players and coaches while they are here. Find a supposed issue and ride the brakes off that vehicle. Example you’d thought 2-3 years ago that Gerald McCoy was a bust, a bum, a wasted pic. With Ian leading the charge (wonder if he EVER manned up and apologized and admitted he didn’t know what the hell he was talking about!). Then when proven wrong, CHEER LIKE HELL and say you knew it all the long, you know who you trolls are. I read these pages more than 12 times daily, I shake my head at some of you. I’ll give the Joes something awesome to do, let’s make people accountable for wrong predictions. Call them out! Let the internet, so called Bucs fan troll be accountable.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
We need to ask Fran Tarkenton how good our line is? He was right on the money with Freeman last year before his epic collapse.
August 15th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Preseason means nuttin.
That being said, sure hope the line gives Josh some time Saturday.
August 15th, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Nuff said and I agree- but like last year it can be a tell all into a season of woes.
In Lovie we trust!
August 15th, 2014 at 1:01 pm
@Bobby
It’s a lot easier to just cut a child who gets an F and try a new kid out on the same test. Occasionally I wouldn’t mind being able to do this in real life, lol.
August 15th, 2014 at 1:46 pm
@Louis Friend…I’m sure if this O-line doesn’t improve there will be some people getting cut. Yeah…ya can’t really cut your own kid…. : )
August 15th, 2014 at 3:23 pm
I never panicked over GMC, but I don’t put any stock in his statements either. He has been dead wrong too many times. What bugs me is seeing worthless Cousins not only is still on this team but he is starting. What does that say about Lovie’s expertise with the OL? He is obviously deferring to Walflop who continues to protect his pet Guard. Daniels deserved to start and prove he can handle a starting Guard position so we can relax. Until Lovie cuts Cousins and starts holding Walflop accountable for his fiasco, I will keep up my posts. With Miami game planning for us expect a lot of blitzes aimed right at turn style Cousins, by far our weakest link, and he will be a disaster again. Lovie better pull him quick tomorrow night before he puts Josh in the hospital, and we have to see Lovie’s bad judgment in trusting sack magnet Glennon for our future!!!
August 15th, 2014 at 6:39 pm
Amen drama queens, AMEN
August 15th, 2014 at 6:42 pm
Owlykat so tell us which NFL franchise do you GM or Coach?
You sound like you actually believe you could do a better job than Lovie or any of these professional coaches lolol S M D H
August 16th, 2014 at 8:51 am
owlycat the hater.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:22 am
He did pose the question what if they are terrible. Paranoid bucs fans and the only reason for it is because you think we have a playoff team if the line tightens up, if you didn’t have high expectations you wouldn’t be complaining like this and prime example is defensive backs of 2012, everyone knew it would be bad but didn’t freak out, they are young enough to improve
August 16th, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Go Gerald. Go Bucs