NFL fines Buccaneers coach $50,000 for hitting player (Video)
The Bucs defend their NFL title.
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For: EFE Updated 19 Jan 2022, 16: 43 pm EST
The National Football League (NFL) reported this Wednesday that the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bruce Arians, was fined $19,000 dollars for hitting one of your players on the helmet.
The action for which Arians received the sanction happened during the victory of his team by 31-16 against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in the NFC Wild Card matchup.
Midway through the third quarter Tampa Bay punted from his yard 13; Eagles’ Jalen Reagor fumbled midfield trying to come back
, the Buccaneers, who won 17-0, they recovered it.
During the celebration, safety Andrew Adams challenged Philadelphia footballers, for which Bruce Arians entered the field and slapped him with his left hand on the helmet in reprimand, his player turned surprised to see his coach.
At the end of the confrontation, the Tampa Bay “coach” explained that wanted to prevent his team from losing the moment of the match.
“I’ve seen enough dumb things. I was trying not to get a penalty.
We just had a great play, a great field position, and he was trying to argue”, argued the coach at a press conference.
NFL fined Bucs’ HC Bruce Arians $54,000 for striking his own safety Andrew Adams.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 19, 2022
In the morning training this Wednesday, Arians commented that he would appeal the fine because all he was trying to do was admonish his player.
This controversy joins the one experienced in early January when Antonio Brown, who in the week 17 abandoned the duel before the Jets, after throwing part of his kit onto the playing field and another into the stands, accused the “coach” of forcing him to play injured.
Tampa Bay terminated Brown’s contract, but the Playe rs Association of the NFL (Players Association) announced that it would investigate the allegations.
The Buccanners, champions of the NFL and monarchs of the NFC South, will play this Sunday at home their division duel against Los Angeles Rams.
Tampa Bay, 13-4, second best offense in the league, is a favorite to beat the Rams, 12-5, who finished the campaign atop the NFC West.
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