New England Patriots first-year head coach Jerod Mayo issued an odd warning to his gamers forward of Tuesday’s joint observe with the Philadelphia Eagles relating to combating.
“You do not battle in an actual sport. If you battle in an actual sport, you get fined, you get kicked out. It is the identical factor right here,” Mayo stated. “My message to the gamers (is), you get in a battle out right here, if you happen to’re a starter, you are going to play the entire preseason sport. Should you’re not a starter, you will not play in any respect. In order that’s sort of my mindset with that.”
Perhaps the message that Mayo is giving to non-starters makes some sense, as they’re often attempting to earn taking part in time and further reps, so being benched is usually seen as a punishment.
What he says in regards to the ramifications for starters getting in a brawl does not make as a lot sense although. Ought to followers imagine that gamers do not need to swimsuit up within the preseason, though the video games are meaningless? It is usually the case that starters, particularly the big-name gamers, say they hope to get some additional dwell reps previous to the common season beginning.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was additionally adamant about his gamers not getting concerned in any extracurricular actions throughout joint observe with the Patriots.
New England and Philadelphia will play one another of their second preseason contests at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Joint observe brawls have been a rising challenge throughout the NFL in latest summers.
Throughout an August 2022 joint observe 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 battle 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 observe brawls.
