Vea Goes Down
August 6th, 2019
Oh, no.
[UPDATE: 6:12 p.m.] The Bucs don’t need this.
Bucs beast defensive lineman Vita Vea suffered an unknown injury and had to be escorted back to the locker room during today’s afternoon practice.
JoeBucsFan.com manbeast intern Zach Seifter witnessed the incident.
@zseifter: Bucs DT Vita Vea faced off against RG Alex Cappa in a 1-on-1 lineman drill. While pushing against Cappa, Vea went to the ground and appeared shaken up. After being stretched out by trainers, he’s headed to the locker room.
Joe hopes to get an update sooner than later. As soon as Joe gets word one way or the other, Joe will pass it along.
[UPDATE: 6:12 p.m.] Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians did not know what happened to Vea. When asked about Vea as he began his post-practice remarks, Arians shrugged his shoulders and confessed he didn’t see (or hear about) Vea’s injury.
“I haven’t seen him since,” Arians said. When asked with a follow-up question, Arians said he just saw Vea heading to the locker room. “I just saw him walking in and he looked fine.”
August 6th, 2019 at 5:12 pm
Son-of-a-BITCH!!!!
August 6th, 2019 at 5:13 pm
This can’t be real ! Is this team cursed ?
August 6th, 2019 at 5:14 pm
Happens every pre season, who’s next?
August 6th, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Fire the cannons!
Fire the medical staff!
Fire Jason Licht!
The Buccaneers can’t be this bad for this long. “Hope” is a four letter word.
#SeigeTheHope
August 6th, 2019 at 5:16 pm
oh god please no
August 6th, 2019 at 5:19 pm
He looked okay walking off the field. Hopefully it’s just a cramp or something minor. https://twitter.com/jayRecher/status/1158842973997731840?s=20
August 6th, 2019 at 5:19 pm
Bubble wrap him until San Francisco. Please.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:20 pm
Shaken up is pretty vague. Doesn’t say in the post he was holding his knee in pain or anything. Let’s not over react until more info is given.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:23 pm
Fingers crossed its another heat cramps situation…it WAS oppressively hot today.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:24 pm
OK..So what? Get well Vea….An Opportunity presents itself for the..next man up.
Good teams press on. Sounds cold but Y’all know its true. More will go down. Who will step in and step up. No excuses Bucs..NO..EXCUSES!!!!!!!
August 6th, 2019 at 5:24 pm
Wow did i just see our season flash before my eyes?????
August 6th, 2019 at 5:26 pm
Sounds like cramps if they were stretching him. But d@#$,Cappa really is balling if he withstanding Vea’s force and causing Vea’s body to give in. Impressive.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:29 pm
Hopefully just cramps. Its hot out. Cappa has taken a small step forward. I still think we need 2 more olinemen and 2 more Dlinemen. Depth behind the staters on both the lines are thin. They need to give Vea a vet day too.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:29 pm
Shoulder joint or muscle related, my guess. Extended arms in his technique rather than compact technique… looks great when he manhandles the OLmen he tangles with… hope I’m not right
August 6th, 2019 at 5:38 pm
Cappa rang his bell
August 6th, 2019 at 5:39 pm
Is Cappa really balling? If so, that is GREAT news!
August 6th, 2019 at 5:39 pm
No need to worry bucs have a deep roster and strong leadership this wlll not derail the 16 and 0 run….
August 6th, 2019 at 5:40 pm
Yup, let’s just gut the middle of the defense. If he’s hurt for the second time in two seasons and misses significant, it’s time to start using the B word. Hope he’s okay.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:42 pm
Next man up……My Yankees have been doing it all year!!!
August 6th, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Like when the headline read EVANS GOES DOWN! Smh… It’s gonna start being called “Joe Cried Wolf Bucs fan” if you can’t wait long enough to gather some facts before sending the masses down to the Skyway bridge.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:52 pm
Dang gummit!!
Vea is arguably our most important player on defense.
Gotta hear good news on this or we are in a little trouble.
August 6th, 2019 at 5:53 pm
You’ll never convince me an injury-prone NT is superior to an All-Pro safety (yes, the requisite Derwin post 😉)
August 6th, 2019 at 5:56 pm
Christopher if he’s back on the field tomorrow it aren’t even a injury. So what the heck are you talking about?
August 6th, 2019 at 5:58 pm
“The Bucs don’t need this.” Good Lord. I guess it is the end of the world as we know it. From the first few comments, you’d think Vea was Tom Brady and the backup was one of the McCown brothers. One guy’s ready to label Vea a bust because he got hurt twice in two years. We don’t even know what the injury is yet, snowflakes. Cappa has suddenly gone from a yeoman to Joe Thomas, and we don’t even know if Cappa did anything other than stand there while Vea just had a cramp.
Let’s blame Jason Licht. Obviously, he is a lousy GM for picking Vea, and Vea’s injury, if it is actually one, proves it.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:10 pm
What’s the B word?
Bad take.
Blowing something out of proportion.
The guy got dinged up practicing hard and the Doctors are being Cautious. He will be fine.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:13 pm
Well, we can hope.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:15 pm
Damn
August 6th, 2019 at 6:16 pm
Toughen up butter cup
August 6th, 2019 at 6:17 pm
Is it time to freak out yet?
I can’t even sit down…..Just pacing nervously back and forth!! My breathing is labored and irregular.
Might gotta buy a bottle of Jack or I won’t sleep a wink tonight!!!
August 6th, 2019 at 6:21 pm
This is just BS. If a player goes down, that is news. Period.
Anyone that says otherwise has no clue what they are talking about or flunked out of journalism school because they were too stoned every day.
If you don’t want serious updates from practice, you should wait for the daily fishwrap to come to your porch in the morning, that is if it hasn’t been p!ssed on by the local mongrel.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:26 pm
WHAAAT THAAAAA FOOOOOOKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUDE REALLY??!!!! CAN THERE BE A BREAK? JPP, DAVID, SMITH, VEA and we aint even gotten to the FIRST FREAKING PRESEASON GAME?!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING??!!!!!!!!!
August 6th, 2019 at 6:31 pm
We should trade for Gerald McCoy…
August 6th, 2019 at 6:32 pm
The fact Arians said he doesn’t know about it is a good sign. Guessing if it was really serious he would have already been tipped off.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:35 pm
Good new on Cappa if he is hurting him and not getting ragdolled like Jensen
August 6th, 2019 at 6:37 pm
Thanks to Wright
For the link to the video of Vea walking off the field…….no limp….both arms swinging……doesn’t look serious….but, of course you never know.
He could end up with one of those “mysterious” injuries…..
August 6th, 2019 at 6:46 pm
Joe reporting something isn’t a big deal. If some of you drama queens want to have teen princess style hissy fit you might as well avoid watching sports at all. S*IT happens frequently.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:49 pm
There’s a good gif of it on PR. He got his left knee knocked from the side from Cappa. Those side shots cause MCL injuries. People walk off the field with MCL all the time. I’m not saying that’s what happened but I’m not as optimistic as I was before I watched it happen.
TA minor, or grade 1, MCL tear can take from a few days to a week and a half to heal sufficiently for you to return to normal activities, including sports. A grade 2 tear can take from two to four weeks to heal.
Just FYI incase.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:04 pm
Robert Nkemdiche.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:05 pm
Gotta side with Joe. You guys are ridiculous. This is news and it’s pretty straight forward.
Damn Joe these people must get old lol
August 6th, 2019 at 7:06 pm
Rest lvd and Vea all preseason.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:07 pm
I’d rather know in a panic than not know.
Sometimes news isn’t what you want it to be.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:07 pm
Huge deal until it’s not. That’s how injuries go
August 6th, 2019 at 7:14 pm
“This is just BS. If a player goes down, that is news. Period.”
Very true. When Schiano’s Bucs were practicing with the Pats, I remember Clayborne bull rishing Brady, him turning over, and the “Oh No!” soundclip was national news all week even though Brady never missed a day. Heck yeah it was news. And we heard that over and over for two years!
August 6th, 2019 at 7:15 pm
Wow Joe…Cappa might look like a Charleston, Champaign, or Bloomington- Normal biker bar bouncer….but he is starting to play like an NFL starting guard.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:18 pm
Cappa is a bust though….everyone said so. Anyone drafted by Jason Licht is automatically a bust and can’t play football.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:20 pm
For ModHairken, or whoever, the reference to B for “bust” was sarcsam (I was probably not sarcastic enough) in going back to another DT drafted high who was injured twice in his first two seasons…who missed significant time….and he was labled a bust then by his critics (not me)…and had a slew of pro bowl and Top 100 seasons to follow.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:24 pm
There are many players on this team that underperformed that were labeled busts and people tend to believe they should have performed at regardless of coaching.
Naaaaaaa. This is a respected, highly regarded staff that is known to get the best out of its players. There will be many different results this season under new guidance. Coaching is not an excuse but a reason.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:34 pm
Spence and VHII are good examples. Some say Winston too. Whether it was coaching or not, they are out of rope and have to perform NOW.
August 6th, 2019 at 7:37 pm
TB Times says it’s not an ACL, if there ever was an upside to this story…
August 6th, 2019 at 7:53 pm
Any hope of winning 8 games goes out the window if vea gets hurt.
Dude is a badass
August 6th, 2019 at 8:02 pm
It’s because it is summer time… wait until Nov/Dec when it’s not hot outside. Same thing different year. Dude is from the South Pacific right?? Not the South Pole.
August 6th, 2019 at 8:19 pm
Trust me, Arians knows something. He just isnt saying because they dont know the extent of the injury. 2nd opinions/waiting til the swelling comes down etc. I hope im wrong but this may not be good.
August 6th, 2019 at 8:35 pm
There are only 2 things about Vea’s incident that I put any credence in at this point. First, Zach’s report because HE witnessed it. Second, BA’s contribution that he “saw Vea heading to the locker room” and that “he looked fine”. Beyond that, everything else is pure speculation. HOPEFULLY it’s just something minor & he gets back out there soon.
And as far as folks assuming that Cappa’s now become a beast because the man he was blocking went down, how about let’s wait on that for a bit. Cappa barely got 100 snaps at Guard last year & I wouldn’t exactly say that he lit the NFL on fire. The proof is in the pudding as a lot of our mamas used to say, and the pudding doesn’t start cooking until Sept 8th against the 49ers. HOPEFULLY he works out, but I’m with BucsFan727 … would be great to sign 1-2 veteran OLinemen before the season starts. Our depth is questionable right now. Need more COMPETITION.
August 6th, 2019 at 8:37 pm
If these guys get this injured in TC how will they survive 16 weeks? Or, what will they be like after Preseason Steelers game? Same ole same ole Bucs and media. Stoking the hype with outlandish claims…Season starts and its all downhill from there. Smh
August 6th, 2019 at 9:05 pm
Joe, as you can see by some of the comments in here the line is already forming at the Skyway. So getting all pissed off at my cry wolf comment is probably a slight exaggeration on your behalf. Yes if a player goes down it’s news worthy, but your headline says “Goes Down” not leaves practice. So when you say Vea Goes Down or Evan Goes Down aren’t we gonna say “oh crap”.
If tabloid news is what you’re aiming for then ok, but C’mom man.
August 6th, 2019 at 9:14 pm
He’ll be fine
August 6th, 2019 at 10:42 pm
Remember BA told the media evans simply had cramps immediately after practice and those cramps happened towards the end of practice and BA had an update for the media. Vita went down with like a hour to go. Even if BA did not see the play as he said, you think he did not know vita went down or didnt get an update on vea’s status? My fingers are crossed.
August 7th, 2019 at 4:36 am
The MRI will probably reveal a devastating knee injury. It appears the Bucs will be playing practice squad talent to stat the season. I imagine by now BA wishes he was retired.