Patrick O'Connor Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Patrick O'Connor (knee), a core special teams player, suffered a season-ending knee injury on Sunday night in the loss to the New Orleans Saints, according to a source. Doctors believe O'Connor tore his PCL and partially tore his MCL, but he is seeking more medical opinions. The 28-year-old hasn't played more than 21% of the defensive snaps in any one game this year and has just four total tackles, two QB hits and half a sack in 13 games played, but this will be a big loss for the Buccaneers special teams unit the rest of the way.
