Unless it happened in the past few days, he’s been playing with the injury. I don’t see why that would keep him from practicing now. Having a trade voided is the reason I’m surprised he’s practicing. He’s still better than Corey Mace, so we might as well try to get what we can out of McCargo now….

That must be a bit…..awkward

I just wrote this in a different thread:

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.

There is no reason whatsoever for McCargo not to be practicing. It is essentially a non-injury. I have no idea why Indy voided the trade unless they felt that McCargo’s bulging disc is a sign of how injury prone he is. It is a very uncommon injury for someone so young.

Sure its a bit uncomfortable for him having to come back to the team that just tried to trade him but the fact that as a first round draft pick that couldn’t even get traded for a 4th, should definitely ring a bell somewhere in him. If this guy gave better effort he could be a very good player, the flashes he’s shown is proof of that.

Now the message is quite clear, work or your goose is cooked. He is so lucky to be able to learn behind a guy like Stroud that he should take full advantage.

He can’t be worse so I view this turn of events quite beneficial.

I feel like he is lazy, unmotivated. He would rather eat cookies and play Halo than practice. It happens, teams miss on 1st round picks ALL THE TIME! They hit on Whitner, Lynch and hopefully McKelvin.

First, they have to deal with the TG thing. Can’t imagine Royal, Schouman, or Fine felt to good until 4:00 Tuesday. That kind of thing never does well for your confidence.

Now, they have to deal with McCargo coming back? Eash. With such a young team, I’m sure there are a lot of eyes on them watching to see how they react to all of this.

Who wear’s the letters on this team again? I can’t recall off of the top of my head.

This whole situation is very odd. By all accounts, this is one of the closest, if not the closest, Bills team in recent memory. With McCargo getting traded and thrown under the bus by his own position coach, then not only returning to the team, but the locker room and the practice field, I would love to be a fly on the wall during defensive tackle meetings this week. Supposedly, Whitner invites all the defensive players to his house on Thursday nights for dinner. Think McCargo is in attendance tonight?

Let’s try that again. He had a good year last year. I now wonder about his motor though. We like high motor players.
I had three bulging discs about 2 yrs ago. The neurosurgeon told me that about one third of them go back into place, but it can take a year or more. In my case about a year and a half. Depending on the site, different muscles or a group of them are pinched off to varying degrees causing pain. From what I read, his is just one and not causing much of any pain. If that is the case, he is a lucky buckaroo. There is a German man made disc that is available in Europe. Not sure in Canada. This seems to be the way of the future in disc surgery. Any surgery to repair his disc means trimming the bulge and that usually herniates it. If he can play with it, do so and wait to see what happens in the off season. The recovery time from trimming the disc is not bad as I recall. If I were him, I’d get an incline table and do stretching routines.
I hope the light goes on for him soon. Those flashes are good.

Now go get a bunch of sacks and TFLs so you don’t get cut at the end of the season.

The Bills are going to cut McCargo and the Colts are going to try to get him off waivers.

Make the most of your second chance with the team!