TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and players all across the NFL will wear custom cleats Sunday bringing awareness to their charities of choice, but McCoy wishes players had the freedom to do it more often.
"We've got handcuffs on," said McCoy, a four-time Pro Bowler and seven-year veteran. "I don't mind saying that because that's what I believe -- the NFL is putting handcuffs on us and not letting us express ourselves."
McCoy will honor single parents during Sunday's league-wide "My Cause, My Cleats" day. His mother, Patricia Dianne McCoy, was a single mother before she met his father, Gerald Sr.