The defensive line lost one of its biggest pieces this week when went . During the team’s first practice in full pads, McCoy suffered a torn quadricep in his right leg after falling awkwardly during a one-on-one drill with a teammate.If McCoy’s injury proved one thing, it’s that the season can end in the blink of an eye for any player in Rick Nash Kids Jersey the . In McCoy’s case, the injury was caught on film by CBS 11 in Dallas, and as you’ll see in the video, the defensive linemen was taking part in a routine drill with teammate when the devastating injury happened. Heres video shot by photojournalist Bill Ellis of Gerald McCoys season ending ruptured right quadriceps tendon injury suffered Matt Beleskey Men Jersey in 1st practice in pads today…maybe can explain how this happened??? Bill Jones (@CBS11BillJones) Former physician, Dr. David Chao, referred to McCoy’s quad . The NFL Player’s A sociation was actually worried that multiple players around the league would suffer acclimation injuries, which is a big reason why the NFLPA didn’t want to have preseason games this year.Back in July, NFLPA president J.C. Tretter pointed out that injuries around the league increase significantly after an unusually long period away from football, which is what players are dealing with this year due to the fact that all offseason programs were canceled. The last time OTAs and minicamps got called off came during the lockout of 2011, and as Tretter notes, once , injuries increased by 25%, Achilles injuries more than doubled and hamstring strains went up 44%.On McCoy’s end, it also didn’t help that he’s had prior i sues with his right quad. As a matter of fact, the Cowboys actually wrote a clause into his contract that allowed the team to cut him Paul Postma Kids Jersey if he injured the quad, and the Cowboys took advantage of that waiver when they (Despite being cut, McCoy will get to go home with a $3 million parting gift in the form of his signing bonus that he got when he in March). Although McCoy is no longer a member of the team, Cowboys executive VP Stephen Jones has already made it clear that he would like to see the defensive lineman return next season.”I know Gerald in just the ,” Jones said Tuesday, via the team’s official website. “But knowing from our studies, he’ll push. He’s David Krejci Jersey a warrior. He’ll get back. And in my opinion, he’ll end up playing for the Dallas Cowboys, albeit not this year. But i see him putting on a (Cowboys) uniform on in the future.”McCoy, who underwent surgery on Tuesday, offered some encouraging words to his former teammates from his hospital bed.”I’m going to continue to ,” McCoy said this week in an Jake Debrusk Jersey Instagram video. “Only thing is I can’t go in the building and do it, but I have these guys’ cell phone numbers, man, I’m going to be watching on TV, and any way I can. They know they can call me, text me or whatever. Ain’t nothing going to change. It’s just who I am.” You can see the video of McCoy’s comments below. Gerald McCoy speaks from his hospital bed after season-ending surgery and news of his release with a promise to continue mentoring the young pa s rushers. This is what strength of self looks like. : IG – Patrik No C Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar)