The Tampa Bay Buccaneers season is nearly dead in the water - they currently sit at 1-5 and last place in the NFC South.
The team hasn't been particularly competitive in most of their games and they're now plagued by trade talk involving one of their best players, wide receiver Vincent Jackson, according to NFL.com via HNGN.
In comments today, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy had nothing but harsh criticism to offer his side of the ball - referring to them as "soft" and taking them to task for making excuses.
"Yeah. I mean, if you look out there on tape and you see a bunch of guys sitting on blocks, are you not earning the title of being soft?'' McCoy said, according to ESPN's Pat Yasinkas.
"I mean, guys get so sensitive around the league, but we have to be men. This is a man's league. This is a man's league, and we're professionals. Guys have issues with criticism. I've been getting criticized since I've been in the NFL, and I don't even feel it anymore. It is what it is.''
The Buccaneers are currently ranked last in the league in total defense and no one - not even McCoy - seems to know how to fix it.
"I think we're making too many excuses,'' McCoy said. "There's always a reason why this is happening or why that's happening. It has to stop. We just have to say, 'OK, I did wrong, I didn't win that one, I have to win the next one and the one after that.' If you win 70 percent of your battles, you have a shot to win, simple as that."
Talking and fiery speeches have apparently become commonplace over the last few seasons for Tampa Bay, but McCoy is sick of it.
"I've been seeing talking for five years,'' McCoy said, per Yasinkas. "We've done enough talking; it's time to play, simple as that. Everyone's given speeches. I've given speeches. Lavonte [David] is giving speeches. Vincent Jackson is giving speeches. Josh McCown is giving speeches.
"But it's enough talking. We have to start playing, simple as that. The talking is not going to get it anymore. I've been hearing talking and speeches for five years. It's time to start seeing action, simple as that."
