Colt McCoy’s kids have actually desired a dog for a number of years now, and the veteran quarterback has actually been determined: No dog up until McCoy retires.
The topic showed up once again after last season. “We are not getting a dog today,” McCoy said Monday after the Cardinals’ OTA.
“There is constantly an assessment procedure you go through,” McCoy said. “Opportunities to play in this league do not grow on trees. I comprehend the circumstance we remain in. I still wish to play and I still feel great I can play.”
The “circumstance” is Kyler Murray recuperating from ACL surgical treatment. While no schedule has actually been put on Murray’s return, it’s not likely he is back for Week 1, and most likely that McCoy would be asked to take his location.
The remainder of the quarterback room is David Blough, Jeff Driskel and novice Clayton Tune.
“I do not believe it alters my mindset,” McCoy said. “My No. 1 concern is discovering the system. It’s brand-new.
“In my mind, I do not understand if Kyler is going to be healthy or not. We all definitely hope that he is. If he is not, I will one hundred percent be prepared to go.”
McCoy likewise needs to be healthy. Coach Jonathan Gannon said McCoy is “one hundred percent” healthy adequate to do what is required this offseason. McCoy was handling “some elbow things,” he said, and now the fitness instructors have actually ramped him back up.
At completion of last season, McCoy missed out on the last 2 video games with concussion problems, however he said he was okay.
“That concussion was okay physically,” McCoy said. “I understand I was knocked out, I do not wish to (minimize it). But I recuperated extremely rapidly. Then I believe there were some choices made that ran out my hands. I was going to practice and I was going to play if I was permitted to play. It was simply that method.
“I have not had any consequences from the concussion. I feel good.”
That implies no retirement, no dog (yet), and a leading choice for the Cardinals if Murray isn’t prepared in September.
“I learn a lot from Colt,” Gannon said. “Anytime you have a skilled quarterback that has actually dipped into a high level for that long, as a protective man, I am continuously in his ear. I value that relationship.”
