The Jacksonville Jaguars held their first joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and while there were some ups and downs overall, the defense had an incredibly strong day — so strong that Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield openly admitted that the practice was "eye-opening."
In a post-practice press conference, Mayfield said if this had been a real game, Tampa Bay would have lost, and that Jacksonville was more physical than they were.
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield said Jacksonville was playing with “their hair on fire” and said had it been a game today; his team would not have been on the winning side. pic.twitter.com/GRpGpnEWTO
"It's tough," he said. "I thought, you know, they gave us some good looks. They were playing for hair on fire, I can say that. We definitely, if this was a full game, I don't think we would have come out of it on the winning side of it. So just a little eye-opening. Got to get back and watch the tape. You know, it's never as good or as bad as you think it is, but I think from my standpoint, a day out-physicaled, that's never what you want to have. So it doesn't matter who we have out there. We've got guys who are going to do their very best to keep the whole physical team going. I don't know if we did that today, so we'll take that to help."
SI.com's John Shipley was able to provide some insight; he reported that the Jaguars got at least four takeaways, including a pick-six. Mia O'Brien likewise reported that Josh Hines-Allen had a strong day, with three sacks in one period, including a strip-sack.
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In a post-practice press conference, Mayfield said if this had been a real game, Tampa Bay would have lost, and that Jacksonville was more physical than they were.
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield said Jacksonville was playing with “their hair on fire” and said had it been a game today; his team would not have been on the winning side. pic.twitter.com/GRpGpnEWTO
"It's tough," he said. "I thought, you know, they gave us some good looks. They were playing for hair on fire, I can say that. We definitely, if this was a full game, I don't think we would have come out of it on the winning side of it. So just a little eye-opening. Got to get back and watch the tape. You know, it's never as good or as bad as you think it is, but I think from my standpoint, a day out-physicaled, that's never what you want to have. So it doesn't matter who we have out there. We've got guys who are going to do their very best to keep the whole physical team going. I don't know if we did that today, so we'll take that to help."
SI.com's John Shipley was able to provide some insight; he reported that the Jaguars got at least four takeaways, including a pick-six. Mia O'Brien likewise reported that Josh Hines-Allen had a strong day, with three sacks in one period, including a strip-sack.
#practice #game #tampa
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