What Happened to Mike McCarthy? Steelers Coach Appears to Suffer Injury During Game vs. Buccaneers originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Add SportsNet Pittsburgh as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
It's not often you see a coach's name on an injury report, but Mike McCarthy should be added to the Steelers' list.
At halftime of Sunday's game between Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, McCarthy had to go to the team's medical tent instead of the locker room after appearing to suffer an ankle injury. A member of Pittsburgh's staff helped him limp over to the tent.
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"It was kind of a freak thing as McCarthy was coming over to speak with me at halftime," sideline reporter AJ Ross said on the CBS broadcast. "I'm being told by Steelers staff, of course, he's going to continue coaching here in the second half.
"He didn't cross the field to go into the locker room because he wanted to just make sure that everything was OK with the training staff that tended to him at halftime. He'll be on the sideline."
McCarthy did stay on the field for the second half, hoping to motivate his team to shake off a sluggish start. The Steelers faced a 13-3 deficit against the Buccaneers at the end of the first half.