Earlier this week it was announced that Buccaneers safety Chris Conte, who left Monday Night Football’s game against the Steelers with a knee injury, would be placed on IR due to that injury.
Today we learned that that wasn’t a new injury, and that Conte tried to play that game on a torn PCL.
Bucs’ S Chris Conte, the victim of Vance McDonald’s stiff arm, played with a torn PCL Monday night, per source. Conte “gutted it out and honestly shouldn’t have played.” He now will be sidelined the next six weeks, resting an injury he played with vs. Steelers.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 26, 2018
There are plenty of questions here, but the main one is how Conte was cleared to play with a torn PCL, if the report by Schefter is true. We’ve seen players play through injuries when they “can’t injure it any worse.” But, according to Koetter, he said that Conte’s injury was worse after the game than what it was before.
So what happened?
Though that question has yet to be answered, the answer to Conte’s playing time now is that he’ll be sidelined for at least six weeks.
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This is a serious topic but, on a side note, the pic you chose for this article is pretty funny. Is the ref mad at Conte for playing injured or for getting pancaked by the TE?
What a tough baller. He lost his soul to that stiff arm, but you can’t deny the dude is hard. He really shouldn’t have been out there if that’s the case.
Just curious…Isnt’ there a rule against hands to the face? Or is that just for Defensive Lineman and not necessarily an offensive player. McDonald on his stiff arm appeared to be stiff-arming Conte’s entire face mask. So if anyone could clarify that for me…thanks.
In the old days before MRI’s, arthroscopic surgeries and worries about opiate addiction, guys with a mild PCL took some narcotics and some aspirin played on it until they could not play any more. He was probably going to miss about the same amount of time anyway, so he tried to gut it out.
Does this type injury prevent you from tackling a huge TE by the legs?
Pretty much – try to bend and launch low on an injured knee is like trying to do it on ice with street shoes. It looked like it just gave out on him when he tried to square up on the sideline.
He should have never been out there if this is the case. This one is on the Bucs medical staff for clearing this guy to play.
Dumb move playing someone with this injury. Hes already a bit of a liability, but just dumb playing with that Injury
Uh… The picture above is from a Bucs / Bronco’s game not the Bucs / Steelers game. Conte has always given his all for this team. Hope the future works out well for him and his family. GO BUCS!!!
Got to agree with master27, why play a bad player, with a bad injury? That tells me they don’t trust Whitehead yet, nor should they. So why haven’t they brought in a vet like Reid? Our defense sucks. I have no faith that Hoke can coach these rookies up, or Smith can figure out a way to stop Q.B.’s from completing 80% of their pass attempts. Licht, get off your ass, and find us a safety.
RudeGuy, did FreemanStrickland put it in simplistic enough terms for you to understand. You should change your name out here to DumbAss. Conte should never have been out there but tried to gut it out. The Bucs hayseed fans don’t deserve a player who leaves it out on the field like Conte. This team doesn’t need an All Pro safety or even Khalil Mack. It just needs a new defensive coordinator who doesn’t keep calling the same blitz schemes and lets the players be more aggressive and lets them attack instead of reading and reacting. Unfortunately it’s probably to late… Read more »
So…..I’m guessing before the game they just stuck a needle in his knee and when Gerald McCoy walked in Dirk Koetter replies “Stay out of this Big Mac, it has nothing to do with you!”
I agree, he was a liability at safety “anyway” before the knee news, but to play him knowing he had that injury is just a poor decision.
I just don’t understand how Conte, with an injured PCL, was a better choice to start than a healthy Whitehead or another backup? Some would say that even when 100% that Conte should not have started… This is a coach’s choice and i believe it was a wrong one… in fact, one that could have impacted the game! Secondly, why attempt a tackle of a man that outweighs you by 50lbs or more up high… why not take his legs out on sideline? if you don’t have confidence in your backup over an injured starter… then maybe you need better… Read more »
Tough guy playing through that. Not sure why he tried to tackle a huge TE so high? Perhaps because the knee. Who knows. We need help at safety. Whitehead has talent but another rookie out there in the secondary makes me little nervous. I wonder if Earl Thomas would be feasible money wise? Would really shore up this defense this year.
I also question why Ryan Jensen started he clearly wasn’t 100% and he’s not a pro bowl center regardless if we paid him that way. He is above average but you can’t tell me if he had flu he was better option than a healthy veteran center Evans? Lot of pressure in that game was up the middle. They were terrible against the blitz.
I guarantee Chicago will blitz almost every down until we prove we can stop it.
I think a flag should have been thrown on Pitt TE McDonald for Bullying on play where Conte was stiff armed! Wow! That was painful to watch… over and over again… a clinic on how not to tackle a bigger man!