New England Patriots first-year head coach Jerod Mayo issued a wierd warning to his gamers forward of Tuesday’s joint follow with the Philadelphia Eagles concerning combating.
“You do not struggle in an actual recreation. Whenever you struggle in an actual recreation, you get fined, you get kicked out. It is the identical factor right here,” Mayo mentioned. “My message to the gamers (is), you get in a struggle out right here, in the event you’re a starter, you are going to play the entire preseason recreation. Should you’re not a starter, you will not play in any respect. In order that’s type of my mindset with that.”
Perhaps the message that Mayo is giving to non-starters makes some sense, as they’re often making an attempt to earn enjoying time and additional reps, so being benched is often considered as a punishment.
What he says in regards to the ramifications for starters getting in a brawl would not make as a lot sense although. Ought to followers consider that gamers do not need to go well with up within the preseason, although the video games are meaningless? It is usually the case that starters, particularly the big-name gamers, say they hope to get some additional stay reps previous to the common season beginning.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was also adamant about his gamers not getting concerned in any extracurricular actions throughout joint follow with the Patriots.
New England and Philadelphia will play one another of their second preseason contests at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Joint follow brawls have been a rising problem throughout the NFL in current summers.
Throughout an August 2022 joint follow between the Patriots and Carolina Panthers, there have been a number of ejections and a fan was injured. Then final August, New York Jets cornerbacks coach Tony Oden was taken to the hospital after discovering himself in the course of a coaching camp struggle between Gang Inexperienced and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Each the Detroit Lions and New York Giants had been fined $200,000 final week after collaborating in a bevy of joint follow brawls.
