Maybe his bad back is the reason for his lack luster play. Tell him to get his back fixed and see if he can improve his play, most likely next season. If all he needs is a bad attitude, I would be happy to kick him in the groin before the start of each game!

I’m not sure how that works at all. If not, I agree with BG – he’s headed straight for the IR.

I’d like to hope Joe P is right here (bad back/lackluster play). I could even envision a scenario where this serves as a wake up call to him. But I tend to think that’s wishful thinking….

I knew he had the rep for not being a hard worker. I thought that could be changed with a birthday or two passing by. Where did I not see the “bad attitude” coming from? I never heard bad things about him. But judging from comments out of OBD, they weren’t exactly tearful about parting ways with him. If anything, their silence spoke volumes…

I can’t imagine getting anything of value for him now going forward. And without trying to pick on old scabs, I still wonder what the Bills may have gotten in a package deal for Crowell & McCargo on the day before the draft.

Makes me wonder if the Bills knew about the injury and tried to sneak it past the Colts, non-award winning doctors, or if they really had no idea about it.

Maybe Kollar’s quote will give him a kick in the pants.

If the Bills knew about this injury and tried pawning him off on another team, that is just sheisty business. The Lions were getting ripped for trying to trade an injured Kitna, imagine what will be said of the Bills if they were trying to trade a guy that only they knew was hurt.

I don’t think that’s the case since McCargo has been practicing.

I’d have to guess his Bills career is done regardless. You don’t “welcome” a guy back after shipping him out like that. He’s definitely headed for the IR and will likely be cut in the offseason. What a shame, and it freakin’ stinks that we’re getting nothing out of this guy now. I almost want them to keep him around now and just hope he gets his back and attitude fixed and dedicates himself in the offseason to getting in better shape and proving himself. Maybe McCargo will still have the chance to help us out in the future, but at this point it’s looking unlikely.

Sigh

Do we get the half eaten kit kat bar back as well? Again, a small market team like us can’t afford to lose any assets….

I’m not sure what team protocol is, but unless the Bills had recently given John McCargo a FULL physical (as the ones that are given for a trade, which includes x-rays and MRIs apparently), then they would have no way of knowing about the herniated disc. A herniated disc in your back is usually asymptomatic most of the time and just flares up when you aggravate it… so it probably doesn’t even affect McCargo’s play. I don’t see the point to putting him on IR, who will take his place? There’s no incentive for McCargo to go out there and lay down on us if he wants any shot at making another team next season.

If the Bills just scrap him now, then that just means we lost a 4th rounder…. :(

I don’t see the point to putting him on IR, who will take his place?

Well, who would have taken his place if he was still in Indy? That’s not the issue here. The issue is that the Bills tried to trade the guy, succeeded, then failed; if they trot him back out onto the field and expect him to give them his all, they’re insane. No, he’s likely headed straight to IR.

McCargo has a bulging disc, which is different from a herniated disc.

The disc is essentially a bag of soft material that seperates the vertebre. The condition is just what it sounds like, McCargo’s disc has shifted and now sticks out a little. It’s a strange injury for a player to have. Discs bulge over time and typically people who get them are much older than McCargo. Herniated discs are usually the result of an accident or collision of some kind. It’s a harmless problem unless the bag herniates (ruptures). The fluid inside the disc aggravates the spinal nerves and causes pain. McCargo’s likely treatment will be restrictions on weight lifting along with some heat and ice.

If the Bills do put McCargo on the IR it will show a lot about how they think of him as a player. Since he has an injury with no symptons and almost no treatment there is no reason to put him on IR unless they simply don’t want him on the roster anymore. I don’t think the Bills will place McCargo on the IR unless the team doctors think his disc is bulging to the point where it is at a high risk to rupture.