The Tampa Bay Pirates did have some house leaks to coincide with overnight rain, and in Sunday's 32-6 win over the Carolina Panthers, outside guard Shaq Barrettler injured his anterior cruciate ligament and MCL. Head coach Bruce Arians said his injury is not serious but could miss the rest of the regular season: "Hopefully he can come back in the playoffs. ”
On Monday, the Pirates also put star receiver Mike Evans on the bench, who missed Sunday's game with a hamstring injury. But later on Monday, the pirates also activated another outsider from the COVID-19 list, Breshad Perryman.
Barrett just finished his 10th tackle of the season last Sunday, becoming the fourth player on the team to be able to complete double-digit tackles in a back-to-back season. After being injured in the second quarter, he tried to continue playing for the team in the third quarter, but only played a round before leaving again. And before that, the Pirates had already lost a starting outfielder, Jason Pierre Paul, who had been dealing with torn tendon sleeves all season.
In addition to the damage to the player lineup, the biggest impact on the team is the manager's infection with the new crown. On December 29, Beijing time, pirate coach Arians was infected with the new crown. Arians said he had only mild symptoms, mostly coughing. Assistant coach Harold Goodwin will temporarily take over Arians' job. "I'm fully confident that he and the rest of our coaching staff will be ready for this week's game against the Jets." Arians said in a statement: "I look forward to returning to the team and will be back once I lift the quarantine. ”
The 69-year-old has had a variety of health conditions in his career, including a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2007, a skin cancer in 2013, and renal cell carcinoma with part of the kidney removed in 2017. When he took over the pirates in the 2019 season, he also had a special medical examination to ensure that he was healthy enough, and he did not have any health problems during the pirates' coaching. Arians is the second coach to test positive on the Pirates coaching staff this week, with outside coach Kevin Garve infected with COVID-19 yesterday and external receiver Evans also contracting COVID-19.
Goodwin has been working with Arians since 2007, when he was the offensive striker coach and offensive quality inspector, with Arians as the Pittsburgh Steelers' offensive coordinator. He followed Arians to join the Indianapolis Malts, where he served as offensive forward coach and Arians as offensive coordinator and interim manager. From 2013 to 2017, he was the offensive coordinator of Arians during his tenure at the Arizona Cardinals.
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