SPORTSbyBROOKS.com notes that Baltimore’s Willis McGahee isn’t too fond of NFL sideline reporter Suzy Kolber’s latest work, which had her stating on Monday Night Football that maybe part of the reason why he got hurt against the Steelers was because he missed OTAs this summer.
The CARROLL COUNTY TIMES reports that Willis McGahee didn’t take too kindly to Kolber’s suggestion of why the RB got hurt in the Ravens’ 23-20 loss to the Steelers. McGahee went down in the first half after suffering a bruised rib, and his status is still uncertain for this Sunday’s game against the Titans.
Kolber had reported that McGahee skipped out on almost all of the Ravens’ voluntary organized team actvities, or “OTA’s”, during the offseason – and such an absence may have been to blame for Willis’ wounds.
But McGahee didn’t like hearing that:
“Yeah, that bothers me,” McGahee said. “I’m not here for OTAs, so I get hurt? If I was at OTAs and I got hurt, then it would be, ‘He worked so hard. It’s a shame.’ No, it doesn’t work like that. Things happen in football.
“I got hit in the ribs. Would my ribs have been stronger if I had been at OTAs? I guess I’m not drinking enough milk. I’m very disappointed that once again the reason I got hurt is because of OTAs. That was garbage.”
Hey, watch what you say, Willis – Joe doesn’t like it when you mess with his women. Then again, if McGahee had bothered to practice with his teammates in Baltimore instead of by himself down in South Florida, the subject never would have been brought up in the first place. Don’t blame Suzy for your poor judgment.
I agree with Brooks in that the subject wouldn’t be open for debate had he been with his teammates this summer, but McGahee does have a point. What does a rib injury have to do with him missing OTAs while trying to recover from a knee procedure? And his comment about not drinking enough milk was pretty funny.
