Here’s something we rarely ever hear: Gerald McCoy apparently had some issues with his work ethic last year. That’s according to Vaughn McClure of ESPN, who writes this accusation as an aside in a paragraph where he defends Lovie Smith — rightly noting that Smith certainly wasn’t stuck in a Tampa 2 scheme.
And I know star defensive tackle Gerald McCoy had some issues with the scheme, but I also heard from reliable sources that McCoy didn't always work his hardest.
Both of these things are somewhat surprising. McCoy certainly had a bit of a down year, but most of that is easily explained by the fact that he played injured.