Saints Professional Bowl middle Erik McCoy on lacking 20 video games in two years: ‘(Expletive) occurs’

The “luck of the draw,” because it had been, underscores McCoy’s mentality, and why he would not dwell an excessive amount of on how the previous two seasons have been abruptly altered.

“It’s hard as an athlete, but it’s the name of the game,” McCoy mentioned. “Last year, the play where I tore my bicep was something I’ve done a million times, and I saw people do it a million times after that. It just happened to be that impact angle and, you know, it ended my season. It was tough. But I’m going to keep doing what I can to mitigate those risks and hopefully I’ll be lucky. Hopefully all of us will be lucky, but I want to be lucky, too.”

McCoy will take his place on the middle of a Saints offensive line that, on paper, is the perfect the membership has sported in years. Taliese Fuaga and Kelvin Banks Jr. are keepers on the sort out spots. Free-agent guard David Edwards is an enormous improve and will stabilize the center. Guard Cesar Ruiz continues his up-and-down profession however improved his move safety final yr. McCoy’s well being will probably be key for the unit to be at its finest.

“There’s always going to be an awareness (of injuries), but you can’t play with an awareness, you know what I mean?” McCoy mentioned. “It’s kind of just got to be reckless abandon, and whatever happens happens. I’m going to keep that same mentality. I don’t want to be a guy that plays timid, that plays soft, that plays afraid to get hurt. If I play like that, I should quit football.”