AllYouNeedIsLovie 377 Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) http://espn.go.com/n...injured-reserve TAMA, Fla. - The Buccaneers announced Tuesday afternoon that All-Pro guard Carl Nicks has been placed on injured reserve. The team said Nicks will have surgery to repair a torn plantar plate in his left toe. The Bucs previously lost their other starting guard, Davin Joseph, to a season-ending injury in the preseason. The Buccaneers gave Nicks a five-year, $47 million free-agent contract this offseason to lure him away from division rival New Orleans. He has started all seven games with the Buccaneers and played in all 71 of his team's games since entering the league in 2008, including 68 consecutive starts. Ted Larsen at first took Joseph's place in the starting lineup, before losing the job to Jamon Meredith. Larsen, backup tackle Jeremy Trueblood and backup center Cody Wallace would be the likely internal candidates to take Nicks' starting spot at left guard. The Bucs also elevated guard Roger Allen from the practice squad Tuesday. The Bucs also have placed backup tight end Danny Noble (hamstring) on injured reserve. Huge loss for us. Now, our starting OG's are Meredith and Larsen... We can never stay healthy it seems. Edited October 30, 2012 by GoodellFTL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos 2,847 Posted October 30, 2012 So long, Tampa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 442 Posted October 30, 2012 It seems like every time we suddenly get strong in a particular area we end up with a bunch of injuries to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiLaSix9+ 398 Posted October 30, 2012 Dude, WTF. I didn't even know he had been hurt. This blows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turry 755 Posted October 30, 2012 Out with a toe injury? What a pussy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tridentdawgpound 1,043 Posted October 30, 2012 Out with a toe injury? What a pussy Yeah, I once played a game in my front yard only three days after stubbing my toe on the wall. If I can do that, this little bitch can play through whatever he's got. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 442 Posted October 31, 2012 Yeah, I once played a game in my front yard only three days after stubbing my toe on the wall. If I can do that, this little bitch can play through whatever he's got. Yo man that's fuckin hardcore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATL_Predator+ 1,196 Posted October 31, 2012 Wow..huge blow...just when things were starting to look up for the Bucs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glanvilles Grits 142 Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Completely different injuries here morons http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/headlines/20121022-cowboys-lb-sean-lee-on-crutches-because-of-sprained-right-big-toe.ece It was also diagnosed as a sprained toe by the COACHES after the game. Only the Tuesday or Wednesday after was it re-evaluated. I'm sorry for believing that you should be able to play through a sprained toe. I'd hate to see what the fuck happens when a guy gets a bad hang nail in his big toe. Probably a career ender right there. I'll make sure I stay updated on injuries by the hour instead of hearing about it through updates during the week. I will hold my opinion that todays football players are extremely soft compared to the past, hell even compared to a couple years ago. As far as Nicks go, this is a huge loss but I doubt it slows down Doug Martin any. Edited October 31, 2012 by Chris D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milla4Prez63 678 Posted October 31, 2012 Carl Nicks is a tough guy, if he could play through this, he would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glanvilles Grits 142 Posted October 31, 2012 I wasn't saying anything about him not playing through this. They were referring to the Sean Lee injury which was called a sprain for nearly two days before they got the results back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Franchise 5 1 Posted October 31, 2012 Terrible loss. Hopefully this does not affect our offense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BucD+ 648 Posted November 1, 2012 Terrible loss. Hopefully this does not affect our offense. Nicks is a top 5 Guard in the NFL and some say that he IS THE BEST Guard in football. This will most definitely affect our offense...in every way... Based off of what the media was able to see in today's practice, (only first 30-minutes allowed to be viewed by the media) apparently Zuttah was at LG and Larsen was at Center. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch 874 Posted November 1, 2012 Terrible loss. Hopefully this does not affect our offense. Losing a top quality offensive lineman who is considered one of the best in the league? The drop off is huge between Nicks and the next runner up. Hopefully you guys can do better then we can after sustaining so many O-line injuries.. Besides week 14 ofcourse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllYouNeedIsLovie 377 Posted November 1, 2012 Yea, losing Nicks is huge. We were running behind him a lot lately and it was working very effectively. This is going to hurt both our rushing and passing attacks. I was hoping we would finally be done with Ted LARDsen, but now Nicks gets hurt so we're forced to use him. We're replacing our All-Pro Guard with Ted fucking Larsen. Yea... that's gonna have a huge impact on the offense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
