Bruce Arians Hopes To Have Shaq Barrett For Playoffs
December 27th, 2021
Update.
[UPDATE: 12:32 p.m.] Not good news on Bucs sack king Shaq Barrett.
Today, Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said Shaq has a sprained MCL and ACL, but it is not severe, Arians added.
Arians didn’t sound as if Shaq will play in the final two games of the regular season and said he hopes Barrett can play in the playoffs.
In other words, stay tuned.
[UPDATE: 12:32 p.m.] Interestingly, as Arians’ information hit social media, uber NFL insider Adam Schefter of BSPN shared very interesting intel on Shaq. Schefter’s source suggests the Bucs expect Shaq to hit the field in the postseason.
Shaq Barrett’s ACL has “a slight strain”, and he “should be back for the playoff game”, per source. https://t.co/DkExEMZQkg
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 27, 2021
December 27th, 2021 at 12:26 pm
Ugh.. doesn’t sound promising.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:28 pm
Key word there is “hopes.” Not good.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:29 pm
When God distributed luck, he did not behave very well with the Bucs…dammmm!!!!
December 27th, 2021 at 12:34 pm
This is getting old
December 27th, 2021 at 12:35 pm
Didn’t watch the full game…relegated fo RedZone. It sounds like he went back in for a series after the injury? If so…the medical staff truly is chock full of quackery.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:37 pm
Bucs sack King??? Hmm fanboy much Joe, he has a total of 37.5 sacks as a Buc
December 27th, 2021 at 12:37 pm
I tore my ACL at football practice in 2007. The next day not knowing it was torn, I walked 4 miles on it. He will be fine, hust put a brace on it and he will be fine for the playoffs. Not worried at all.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:38 pm
Sometimes its not the very best team that wins it all. Its the Healthiest Team’
hittin on all cylinders going into the playoffs. Its gonna be an uphill battle for our Bucs mixing in backup pieces. Lets hope it can be done.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Making up for last year injury-wise. Let’s see what we’re made of. Go Bucs.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:44 pm
I was thinking how bad it was last year that we lost Vita, wow
December 27th, 2021 at 12:48 pm
This team is screwing themselves with these injuries. I don’t get it. They picked the wrong time to get these injuries.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:48 pm
Reading some of these comments one would think it’s ACL tear. It’s a sprain people, which means he just needs rest. Good thing the Bucs only have the Jets and Panthers coming up.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:49 pm
sprained my left gonad once and was back in action a week later…strokin’ and bull rushing that azz…spermatozoa were even doing swim moves…
he should be fine in a few weeks to jump back in the action 🙂
December 27th, 2021 at 12:49 pm
I’ve learned to discount any initial diagnosis by the medical staff. In fact, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop on Evans.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
Getting him back for the playoffs would be awesome. In the meantime, Anthony Nelson, Cam Gill, and JTS should get plenty of snaps.
There was a lot to be encouraged by yesterday by these players.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
Give me a f#cking break. Never listening to Bucs first injury analysis ever again cus I know I’ll be smh with updates.
December 27th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
You must remember, not everyone (including Joe) is a medical professional. 🙂
True story: Years ago Joe had a football team trainer (not the Bucs) walk up to him, got right in Joe’s face and said, “You f@#$ing sportswriters don’t know sh!t about medicine! How can you c@#$*&ers be so stupid about medicine?”
Joe shot back, “You really think if any sportswriter knew as much as a trainer or a doctor about medicine we’d be doing this for a living?”
The dude backed off, shrugged his shoulders and said, “I see your point.”
December 27th, 2021 at 12:58 pm
We just need JPP back. After all, he has never lost a playoff game. Yeah, I’m kinda joking, but until he’s lost one, he’s never lost.
December 27th, 2021 at 1:08 pm
JPP is done. Time to move on.
December 27th, 2021 at 1:26 pm
A team full of back ups at 11-4 is nothing to sneeze at. They beat Carolina and should finish up the last 2 games. We can let Shaq rest. Hopefully Whitehead can stay healthy because he was a huge boost in the secondary. Nice to see some PBUs finally. I’m not too concerned with our first playoff game. Bowles has done well with all the injuries he had to work around now it’s the offenses turn. We can handle the weaker playoff teams it’s the 2nd round that we’ll run into problems. If the defense can keep putting on the pressure the way they did against Carolina that will go a long way to helping our secondary .
December 27th, 2021 at 1:32 pm
A sprain is by definition a stretching or minor tear of a ligament.
All we know are the announced time tables.
December 27th, 2021 at 1:39 pm
For a team that brought back all 22 starters, plus AB, only the first quarter of the first game were they all healthy at the same time smh
December 27th, 2021 at 1:42 pm
I am hoping Shaq, JPP, Winfield, Evans, Fournette, LVD can get a lot of rest the next couple weeks and be ready to roll in the playoffs but right now it’s really hard to be optimistic through the fog
December 27th, 2021 at 1:48 pm
I have no confidence in JPP returning to form. Rotator cuff tears take many months of rest and rehab, surgery or not. All it takes is one or two hard hits and he’s back to square one.
December 27th, 2021 at 1:51 pm
Great so he’ll he out of practice and out of sync just as he was starting to really come on!! … They better not sit ANYONE!! This is not a playoff ready team!! They need to get their shist together if they plan on making it past the first game!! … We may be watching Brady last season!
December 27th, 2021 at 1:56 pm
Rest him
We can win out
December 27th, 2021 at 2:24 pm
We just gotta get into playoffs healthy. Tom needs to play the first half or 3 quarters only. 4th seed isn’t too bad. We’d prob end up w Arizona at home. I’ll take that. So hopefully by 2nd round Everyone is healed enough to make this run! Go Bucs!!
December 27th, 2021 at 2:38 pm
our defense really needs Shaq, & LVD for playoffs.. they should be rested till then.
JPP needs surgery–hopefully he’ll recover & be back next yr .
December 27th, 2021 at 3:12 pm
Why are these guys going back in, isn’t possible it made it worse? Gronk, back in, Godwin running down sidelines. How about trade in some of the over abundance of coaching staff and invest in quality medical personnel??
December 27th, 2021 at 3:35 pm
I seem to recall that Chris Godwin’s initial diagnosis was a sprain or “minor” tear. An MRI revealed a major injury, and he’s out for the rest of the season. Is the “sprain” diagnosis the final word?
December 27th, 2021 at 3:55 pm
Medically speaking, a sprain is a tear. Anytime the ACL is involved the injury is worse with a likely longer recovery.
December 27th, 2021 at 4:01 pm
He’ll be back, with a knee brace. It will slow him a step or two, but his potential will change those games a bit.
That is, if it really is just a sprain.
December 27th, 2021 at 4:24 pm
If its a Grade 1 sprain–its usually 2-4 wks rest & ice packs,,then with a brace..
But if its Grade 2 ( been stretched till loose or partial tear) -its minor surgery for an athlete with 3-6 month recovery. Non-athletic folks can be fine sometimes without a brace ,or others may want a brace for added stability
Grade 3 is complete tear–its major surgery (Godwin) & a year to recover enough to play.
LETS HOPE its # 1 ,,GO BUCS
December 27th, 2021 at 7:32 pm
@listnr
Godwin did not go back in after getting hurt.
December 27th, 2021 at 8:14 pm
He is not needed till 1/22 that is the division round so he has 4 weeks to heal up
December 27th, 2021 at 8:57 pm
@listn. The HC said the Gronk issue was a mistake. However having CG run on the sidelines is part of the diagnostic process by very astute medical personnel! It did not worsen the condition, purely an evaluation by very smart people that want his best interests.
December 27th, 2021 at 10:16 pm
Correction * playoff games!