ESPN announcer feels 'sick' for what he said moments before NFL star's season-ending injury

ESPN announcer Joe Buck admits he feels 'sick' astatine an evident curse of nan commentator aft calling Monday's crippled betwixt Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens successful nan NFL.

Despite cutting a 24-point shortage to 10, Buck urged Bucs caput coach Todd Bowles to judge nan nonaccomplishment and return immoderate of his prima players retired nan crippled for protection. The Bucs were starting their last thrust astatine their ain 25-yard statement and pinch nary timeouts and 1:34 connected nan clock, nan crippled was arsenic bully arsenic done.

'I cognize it's a 10-point game, and I cognize you don't springiness up connected games, but astatine immoderate point, you want to get retired of present and unrecorded to conflict different day,' Buck said.

Moments later, wide receiver Chris Godwin went down pinch a sickening dislocated ankle injury aft a tackle from Roquan Smith that is now under reappraisal for being a hep driblet tackle. Godwin has since had room and his play is each but over, while ESPN chose not to show nan gruesome replay. The Bucs mislaid 41-31.

You benignant of consciousness sick that happened,' Buck said to The Athletic. 'I'd alternatively beryllium wrong. 

'I would alternatively thing had happened. Not that anybody is different than anybody else, but Godwin is 1 of nan really awesome guys successful nan league.'

As Godwin went down, Buck said unrecorded connected nan air: 'Oh no. He can't get up. I'm told from our accumulation motortruck we are not going to show nan replay.'

The Godwin wounded compounded a bad nighttime for nan Bucs, who mislaid different wide receiver successful Mike Evans earlier successful nan crippled pinch a hamstring issue. Evans is expected to beryllium retired until aft their Week 11 bye. 

Speaking Monday aft nan game, Bowles defended his determination to support Godwin connected nan field.

'He's a player, and we're trying to triumph nan shot game,' Bowles said. 'We were down 10, truthful we were still trying to get points and footwear different onside kick, and it conscionable happened. 

'With Mike [Evans] going down we didn't person that galore receivers arsenic it was, truthful we played pinch what we had.

'It's unfortunate he (Godwin) sewage wounded and we consciousness bad astir that. But he's a shot subordinate and he wanted to beryllium successful nan game conscionable for illustration Baker (Mayfield, nan quarterback) and everyone else wanted to beryllium successful nan game.'

The cart had to beryllium brought retired aft nan 28-year-old had his near ankle get caught nether Baltimore linebacker Smith astatine nan extremity of a 21-yard reception.

Godwin was crawling connected nan section pursuing nan deed from Smith, and aesculapian unit put his ft successful an aerial formed erstwhile he sewage into nan backmost of nan cart.

Mayfield paid tribute to Godwin aft nan game, saying: 'He's an unbelievable guy, unbelievable teammate. Obviously you guys person seen he's been playing bonzer this year. I've sewage a dense bosom correct now.'

The Bucs, 4-3 for nan season, look NFC South rivals Atlanta Falcons connected Sunday.