Jordan Whitehead Will Try To Play Through Injury
November 26th, 2024While there were several reports yesterday that Jordan Whitehead’s injured pec would put him on the shelf for the season, Bucs coach Todd Bowles wouldn’t go there in his day-after presser.
Bowles said the team wanted to see the MRI results.
Well, those results are in. And Whitehead is going to try to play through the injury after sitting out an undisclosed amount of time, reports Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
@MikeGarafolo: Jordan Whitehead is going to miss time with a pec injury suffered Sunday, though there’s a chance he could return this season, sources say. It’ll depend on the healing and if TB makes a playoff run. But no surgery scheduled and not definitively out for the year.
Well that is good news, obviously. But man, talk about a guy willing to gut it out and play through some gnarly pain.
Joe is very impressed with Whitehead’s goal and desire, but how much would he be comprised playing basically with one wing?
November 26th, 2024 at 1:26 pm
wow…i’m starting to think the bucs believe the only team standing in their way in the nfc, to getting to the superbowl, is detroit…
everyone else is beatable…
but it will be nearly impossible to knock off detroit twice in one season
November 26th, 2024 at 1:30 pm
That man is tough as nails!
November 26th, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Well if he’s gonna sir for a few weeks hogging a roster spot can we still do 4 week IR?
November 26th, 2024 at 1:35 pm
Mike Edward’s can replace him and he’s 100%, Whitehead is damaged goods right now, LFG!!!
November 26th, 2024 at 1:46 pm
He knew something was wrong immediately. I was in that endzone when he ran right off the field. Hope he can make it back this year!
November 26th, 2024 at 2:09 pm
Iron man tough! I’d feel much better about him playing hurt if he was playing good football
November 26th, 2024 at 2:23 pm
One tough hombre.
November 26th, 2024 at 2:34 pm
I hate that Whitehead is hurt and hope he gets back fast…..having said that, I think the dude has been lacking in effort during stretch’s. And a lack of intensity and focus/effort has been one of the biggest issues our D has faced.
We need to get Tykee back in nickel… Izien will play well, Edwards is still an unknown IMO (too new). Antoine needs to play like Antoine.
Tavierre Thomas will make an appearance in the secondary soon and probably shock us one way or another – lol. Not sure about his progress or ceiling but I Love that Guys energy = full speed/max effort every play!
November 26th, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Remember, he dislocated his shoulder in the GB playoff game with the hit against the RB with the big ass legs (I know his name and can’t think of it now). That hit popped the ball out and was a huge turnover! He played throughout the playoffs and SB with his shoulder in a brace…Then he had the surgery. Tough MF’r right there…Go Bucs!!
November 26th, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Thank God the NFLPA has forced teams to have these cupcake camps and practices – it’s really doing an amazing job of keeping players healthy.
November 26th, 2024 at 3:38 pm
I know right? Pansies trying to use information to keep players safer. Pftttt. Players still get hurt so that proves safety measures/precautions don’t work.
Let’s remove safety belts and airbags from cars while we’re at it. People still get hurt/killed in car accidents. Logical right? 🙄
November 26th, 2024 at 4:45 pm
That’s alright, he can sit and get healthy. Lol.
I’ll wait for playoffs for a return. Not in a need to rush him back.
Plus not gonna lie wanna see if Mike Edwards can remember to pickup where he left off. 🙂
November 26th, 2024 at 6:32 pm
One tough hombre alright. Let him sit for a while. Meanwhile Izien can catch some of his slack.
Go Bucs!
November 26th, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Hey Joe, get out your articles when the Bucs drafted JW. He helped them win the first Stupid Bowl played in their home stadium. Jets offered him more coin after and he took it. He and Mike Edwards are back. Whitehead has been coaching Izien. Edwards is doing the same with this young secondary. Start paying a little more attention, ok? Go Bucs!
November 26th, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Read a very good (and very long) human interest feature about Jordan a couple of months ago.
His upbringing, his family, playing football all through school, obstacles and challenges he faced, the whole nine yards.
Made me totally understand why he played the way he did during his first stint with the team, and why he has a well deserved reputation for being a hard-hitter.
I say let him rest.
At least till we play the Chargers. We can beat Carolina and New Orleans without him
Pec injuries are nothing to sneeze at. And they have a way of making you think they’re healed up, and then boom! They bounce right back.
Agree, he’s one tough cookie. But, anyone who saw the play, also saw him head right off the field.
We’ll need him for the Chargers and then for the playoffs. Rest is good.
November 26th, 2024 at 7:56 pm
It isn’t playing through an injury if he is going to be out for several weeks while it heals. That is an incorrect headline.
November 26th, 2024 at 9:28 pm
he’s not the thumper he once was…and the thumper we were highly anticipating upon his return…
nothing wrong with that…players age and morph into different styles of play sometimes…
but…being the fact he isn’t the player he once was, and now that he’s pretty injured up…what kind of player can he actually be moving forward without surgery…?
November 27th, 2024 at 5:29 am
Jordan is resilient, but we are not talking a minor injury. He needs to sit it out for now and maybe come back for the Cowboys game.