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Gerald McCoy says Warren Sapp 'was' like family before comments

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Gerald McCoy insists he’s over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers giving his No. 93 to Ndamukong Suh a week after he signed with the Carolina Panthers, but his relationship with Hall of Famer Warren Sapp regarding comments about the issue might need some repair.

“Warren Sapp was looked at as my family," McCoy said on Tuesday in preparation of Thursday night’s game against his former team at Bank of America Stadium. “I considered him my family. He’d been at my house, met all my family, Face-timed the little ones.