The Buccaneers received some good news on the injury front on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday regarding the status of tight end Cameron Brate and wide receiver Antonio Brown. And rookie free safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. said he is ready to play against Kansas City after a sprained ankle kept him out of the NFC Championship Game.
But what about the availability of strong safety Jordan Whitehead, who suffered a serious shoulder injury against Green Bay two weeks ago? Whitehead’s injury came while forcing a key fumble in the third quarter and knocking running back Aaron Jones out of the game – in addition to himself.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport has the latest on Whitehead’s status for Super Bowl LV, which is good news for the Buccaneers.
#Bucs S Jordan Whitehead is going to play through a fully torn labrum in Super Bowl LV, source said, an injury that includes additional shoulder damage. Whitehead was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, but practiced fully on Friday. He’ll play in pain.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 7, 2021
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If the Bucs are going to be playing mostly 2 high safeties I think we would be better off with Edwards in there than Whitehead. He’s more of a ballhawk and a better pass defender.
everyone keeps saying he injured himself while causing the fumble. Is this true? or was it a few plays later when he upended another guy and then went out of the game?
I believe it was on another play a few plays later.
Awesome news! He was a force against the Packers. Tough SOB for sure! Getting everyone back at the right time. Too back we couldn’t get OJ and Cappa back..
It’s called a cortisone shot lol
It’s also called demerol. A narcotic.
Well, actually it’s called Novocain, which numbs everything up so you can’t feel it.
Toradol !
I really hope he gets to join in somehow but only if he isn’t limited. Definitely can’t miss any tackles today due to injury, but if he can still do his job then I’m glad he’ll get to join in on the fun. I think having Edwards in there with Winfield will give us the better coverage/hitting combination. The way SMB is grabbin balls 😂 and Edwards has done the same when in there and Winfield Jr is everywhere doin great things all the time including INTs and breakups and Dean having the speed to stay will Hill and Davis… Read more »
I’d take a healthy Mike Edward’s over an injured Whitehead
A torn labrum? That’s a significant part of where Whitehead loves to tackle! I dunno about putting him in there if Whitehead’s best asset is his tackling. We do have Edwards available and healthy. Since KC doesn’t run the ball as much, Edwards might be the better match up in some kind of Cover-2. I do feel back for Whitehead because his jarring hits creates fumbles. He created two fumbles in the Championship game.
Go Bucs from Hamilton, NJ
No safety on the team hits like this guy. If he can play near 100%, we need him!