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Bucs head coach Bruce Arians told his team that he would not tolerate fights in practice during training camp. That applied to Bucs teammates fighting each other, and especially when Tampa Bay hosted Tennessee in joint practices.
Just the other day Arians said, “Mike [Vrabel] and I have a great agreement. Neither one of us condones fighting, so there is not going to be any of that crap.”
Arians spoke too soon.
After an uneventful first day of practice on Wednesday things got quite chippy on Thursday.
Veteran wide receiver Antonio Brown got into a fight with Titans defensive backs Chris Jackson and Clayton Geathers during Thursday’s practice at the AdventHealth Training Center. Brown, who was having his way with the Titans secondary at the start of practice, was complaining about being held him. He confronted Geathers and Jackson Brown ripped off the Titan’s helmet and started throwing punches.
We have our first scuffle of the Practice. AB and Chris Jackson going at it. AB ripped off his helmet and threw a couple punches. AB get tossed out. Consensus is AB threw first punch. Started with AB and Clayton Gathers hand fighting on a route. pic.twitter.com/So4QkMisHs
— JP Peterson (@FanStreamJP) August 19, 2021
Arians told Brown to cool off afterwards and he was removed from the 1-on-1 sessions.
Brown got the work he needed to today though. Shredded the Titans DBs in one on ones
— PewterReport (@PewterReport) August 19, 2021
But he returned to practice and participated in the 7-on-7 session.
AB is back out here. Just targeted on a route. Needed some time to cool off maybe
— PewterReport (@PewterReport) August 19, 2021
Moments later, another scuffle took place – this time with Bucs cornerback Herb Miller.
Titans WR Fred Brown and Bucs CB Herb Miller both go the ground and a scrum ensues at midfield. Brown was on top of Miller and wouldn’t be pulled off.
— PewterReport (@PewterReport) August 19, 2021
Miller was not kicked out of practice because he was not the aggressor.
Then during a special teams period, rookie linebacker K.J. Britt and defensive end Pat O’Connor and a Titans player got involved in a scuffle and had to be separated as both teams came together. But the two teams weren’t done.
A fourth skirmish goes down on field three. There’s a whole pile up. Devin White was in the middle. Picked a player up and suplexed him. Had to be pulled away from a teammate. #Bucs #Titans
— PewterReport (@PewterReport) August 19, 2021
And with just under an hour left in practice – the skirmishes weren’t over.
Another fight. Jeffrey Simmons wouldn’t let go of Fournette after a play, and Ryan Jensen took exception. Took both units to pull them apart
— PewterReport (@PewterReport) August 19, 2021