Jordan Whitehead Update
January 26th, 2021
The latest.
When it comes to the status of a Bucs starter for the Super Bowl, even the smallest morsel of information is news.
And it is with hard-hitting safety Jordan Whitehead. In the NFC Championship game, Whitehead was a key defensive figure forcing two fumbles, the biggest was early in the third quarter when he dislodged the ball from Packers running back Aaron Jones. Devin White recovered and ran it deep into Green Bay territory.
The Bucs would get a touchdown on the short field, which proved critical in the five-point win.
Whitehead, however, hurt his shoulder on the play and left the game. Yesterday, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians mentioned that it was too soon to tell if Whitehead would play in the Super Bowl.
Jenna Laine of ESPN has something of an update.
Sources tell @diannaESPN that Le’Veon Bell, Sammy Watkins, Antonio Brown and Antoine Winfield Jr. are expected to be healthy for the Super Bowl.
Sources also tell me Jordan Whitehead underwent a shoulder MRI yesterday and they’re taking it day by day. https://t.co/nn7hnkVPJY
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) January 26, 2021
It’s not huge news but just from Laine’s share, at worst it sounds as if Whitehead would be a gametime decision in the late afternoon on Super Bowl Sunday.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:08 pm
I mentioned this in an earlier post, but since this is directly about Whitehead, this little news is a worrisome morsel. He clearly doesnt have a fracture since they would have seen that on x-ray. Surprised they waited so long on the MRI given he is our starting safety.
Must have too much pain right now to play.
I’m guessing he has an AC joint injury, but it can’t be complete separation as they would have seen that on x-ray (which I assume they took that night). I suppose that’s good news, can just shoot some lidocaine in their at game time and let him play.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Hope he can play. Knowing him he would shoot up his shoulder to do so if no nasty tears
He has 2 weeks
January 26th, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Now, back to Kay Adams, she is so hot.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:25 pm
The way we played in the second half in the first game against KC and their loss of two starting Olinemen gives me the feeling we are going to win this game. It reminds me of our other superbowl when Oakland had the league’s best offense and we smoked them
January 26th, 2021 at 2:26 pm
Facts About Kay Adams
Kay Adams
Age: 33 years old
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Current residence: New York
Hair color: Light brown
Eye color: Green
Boyfriend: Danny Amendola
Loves to eat: Pizza
Hates: Bacon
sorry, hates bacon??? deal breaker!
I agree the silence on JW speaks volumes. Heal up well!
January 26th, 2021 at 2:30 pm
A polish girl who doesn’t like bacon? That seems terribly unAmerican.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:30 pm
I wonder if he separated his shoulder on that last tackle he made. The RB juked a little at the last second just before Whitehead hit him. It looked like Whitehead tried to shift the strike zone he was targeting in the same direction of the RB’s shift and made an awkward tackle.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:33 pm
Why is everyone saying he hurt his shoulder on this play? He didn’t. He got hurt when he flipped Jamal Williams taking a quad to the shoulder.
The MRI leads me to believe he separated or dislocated it. They had to wait for the swelling to go down to get the MRI to see if he tore anything or suffered any soft tissue damage.
If his labrum is torn he can play with a shoulder brace and get surgery after the SB.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:54 pm
Nice to have all these doctors on your site Joe.
January 26th, 2021 at 2:59 pm
Good thing he has two shoulders!
He’ll be starting in the Super Bowl!
January 26th, 2021 at 3:04 pm
***Hates: Bacon***
That’s OK
More for me!
January 26th, 2021 at 3:14 pm
Dang! If he tore his labrum he will be an absolutely beast if he plays. 2 years after I tore mine I still wince when I wipe my a@@.
January 26th, 2021 at 3:20 pm
@ Robert, LOL, thanks for the stats. I don’t think she is dating Amendola anymore ?
January 26th, 2021 at 3:25 pm
Thought he got hurt during the next Packers series with the big hit on back up running back Williams.
January 26th, 2021 at 3:33 pm
He went out immediately after the forced fumble , no ???
January 26th, 2021 at 3:36 pm
@ anonymous……think he dumper her over a torn lab..NAH, I shouldn’t
she aint hot though. maybe anne coulter hot, but she’s no Salma Hayek
January 26th, 2021 at 3:38 pm
@BOJIM, i imagine you are being facetious, but I am a doctor, and therefore I shared my thoughts.
January 26th, 2021 at 4:09 pm
Robert, what are u smokn ? Ann Coulter ? She is an ice queen ! ARgh, you can’t think she is hot unless you are like 95 years old ?
January 26th, 2021 at 4:09 pm
95 with severe cataracts !
January 26th, 2021 at 4:26 pm
No coach worth his salt is going to give you an accurate injury update 2 weeks before the bowl.
January 26th, 2021 at 4:28 pm
And no he didn’t get hurt on the forced fumble. Got hurt when he flipped Williams .
January 26th, 2021 at 4:29 pm
Hopefully the combo of Winfield and Edwards can get it done. It doesn’t sound good for the enforcer JW.
January 26th, 2021 at 4:32 pm
Bet Kay Adams smells like bacon…….love the smell of bacon!!!
January 26th, 2021 at 4:36 pm
Gents it’s pretty obvious this is like a grade 2 AC sprain. Not the end of the world, 2 week recovery for high school kids, let alone pros with a full team of trainers. If it were something more nefarious like a broken collar bone or an AC sprain with bone chip, he would have been ruled out by now.
January 26th, 2021 at 4:42 pm
Even then. Funny, but anorexic. No thanks.
January 26th, 2021 at 4:49 pm
>>> maybe anne coulter hot, <<<
uuuugghhh. She is nasty.
Could understand if you said Tomi Lahren. On TV she's OK, but annoying. Her Instagram stories feed she is sexy as hell. But man, she is annoying on TV.
January 26th, 2021 at 5:08 pm
Kay adams is soooo hot, and Anne coulter is gross. Also hope JW is good to go
January 26th, 2021 at 5:13 pm
She might hate bacon but loves sausage
January 26th, 2021 at 5:33 pm
If it is the Labrum tear – I got to think for one week – Super Bowl week he can play.
I remember reading from Pro Football Doc about Noah Spence and his labrum tear. He said that it was going to be a permanent injury that would end his career. He said football players, especially DLine or Linebackers, have to do extended reaching at the line of scrimmage and that would eventually cause a re-occurrence of the injury. He especially said that about Spence because he had two occurrences of the injury and said that after the repair, it would never be quite the same for football related plays.
January 26th, 2021 at 5:39 pm
Adams doesn’t sound like a Polish name! LOL Now, maybe Adamsky … I dunno!
I wonder if she prefers Polish sausage “hot dogs” . I know I do with relish and mustard and I’m not Polish either! 🌭 🤗
January 26th, 2021 at 5:52 pm
She’s Polskie. Not only has she spoken about it before, she speaks Polish (Joe has heard her).
“Adams” could be her chosen stagename from years ago or her real name from her dad (mom could be Polish).
January 26th, 2021 at 7:39 pm
Kay Adams pretty skanky if you ask me. Looks like she dyed herself orange. Erin Andrews through a key hole was much hotter than Adamms lol. She ain’t got Tom Brady super model wife dough either…But I’m still down lol.
January 26th, 2021 at 7:50 pm
Lokog, good one!
January 26th, 2021 at 8:07 pm
Are we doing this again? 🙄
January 26th, 2021 at 8:37 pm
acting like john lynch on the field is dangerous biz… 🙂
get ready for the superbowl mr. whitehead – these don’t come around often…
#BallUpBallOut
January 26th, 2021 at 9:09 pm
Thanks Jenna for the update 😳 How did she get that gig to be the Bucs main reporter on ESPCNN ?? She would be great for USF or a local HS team.
January 26th, 2021 at 10:07 pm
Whitehead is our best SS..
Winfield might be our best safety. Edwards could very well be our best FS. Just saying… against the pass, our best safeties might be Winfield and Edwards. Would that be so bad?
January 27th, 2021 at 2:11 am
Thank god we’ve got a professional training/Dr./psychic staff on the message board
January 27th, 2021 at 8:29 am
Not a doctor.
But from personal experience- it looked like a stinger.
Had’em. Hurt like the devil, but usually recover quickly.
Best case senario