The 2020 NFL season was a rocky road due to COVID-19. While most NFL players are vaccinated heading into the 2021 season, the pandemic is still very much in the headlines.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers received some unfortunate news. Head coach Bruce Arians announced that kicker Ryan Succop tested positive for the virus.
He said Succop went to dinner with some friends from the Tennessee Titans – where he used to play – and later tested positive. Arians announced that Succop will isolate and miss the team’s preseason finale.
Arians said Bucs kicker Ryan Succop went to dinner with friends from the Titans and has tested positive for COVID-19, so he’ll isolate and miss Saturday’s preseason finale.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) August 24, 2021
Earlier this offseason, Succop and the Buccaneers made headlines when the team tried a fake extra point. Holder Bradley Pinion and kicker Succop went out at quarterback and running back. The Bengals defense lined up appropriately, and the Buccaneers audibled to an extra point, which Succop knocked through with ease.
Unfortunately, that move is illegal and Arians made it clear the botched move was his fault.
“We had really bad communication on the faked extra point,” head coach Bruce Arians said afterwards, via the Tampa Bay Times. “The kicker didn’t know the rule.
“You can’t line back up and kick it. You don’t get a point for it. Evidently, it wasn’t communicated well enough that you can’t do that, so that’s on me.”
Succop – who is vaccinated – should be just fine for the start of the 2021 season.
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