Shemar Stewart bumps Joe Burrow at Bengals follow, scuffle ensues
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- Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart by chance bumped quarterback Joe Burrow throughout follow, resulting in a scuffle with guard Lucas Patrick.
- Teammates emphasised the significance of defending Burrow, particularly given his damage historical past.
- Stewart’s teammates praised his enjoying capability whereas stressing the necessity for managed actions to keep away from contact with the quarterback.
It took 14 practices for the primary mud as much as happen with the Cincinnati Bengals throughout coaching camp.
Shemar Stewart, the Bengals’ first-round decide, and guard Lucas Patrick bought into it a number of occasions throughout follow on Aug. 13. This was a results of Stewart by chance bumping franchise quarterback Joe Burrow on a play. Stewart was dashing Burrow from the left facet of the protection and misplaced his steadiness. He was unable to manage his physique, and it resulted in Burrow hitting the bottom.
Burrow shortly stood up whereas a scuffle between Stewart and Patrick ensued.
No one injured in Shemar Stewart-Lucas Patrick scuffle
“I feel we bought just a little unfastened from an o-line perspective at this time and I feel some issues transpired at this time that warranted a response and I assumed Lucas delivered that,” heart Ted Karras stated. “I assumed we dealt with it effectively general, it wasn’t like a shut down the follow kind of scuffle and possibly about time we had a type of.”
No accidents passed off and that’s a very powerful takeaway from the follow. It’s not unusual for scuffles to happen at this level throughout camp particularly within the warmth. The one cause this was noteworthy is as a result of it concerned Burrow getting touched.
There’s an unstated rule within the NFL that beginning quarterbacks aren’t purported to get hit by their teammates in a follow. Given Burrow’s damage historical past and his significance to the franchise, No. 9 getting hit in a follow is totally not one thing anybody desires to see.
“Simply be smarter … nice participant, (however) that’s all of our hopes and desires proper there,” Karras stated of Stewart. “We’ve bought to higher to, that’s on us.”
Did Shemar Stewart touch upon the scenario?
Stewart politely declined to talk to the media when requested following follow, however Patrick answered a couple of questions in regards to the incident.
“Gotta defend No. 9, begins with me up entrance,” Patrick stated. “I gotta play higher and defend higher, however you may’t let No. 9 get hit.”
Patrick and Stewart will squash what occurred and transfer ahead. These kind of issues occur throughout coaching camp and don’t are likely to linger.
It’s value noting that each Karras and Patrick have been very complementary of Stewart’s enjoying fashion. They simply wish to guarantee it’s managed and doesn’t end in Burrow ever getting hit.
“(He’s) nice to follow in opposition to,” Patrick stated. “There are only a few individuals who on this planet that may cowl floor like him on the line of scrimmage.”
The Bengals are off on Aug. 14 and can get again on the sector Aug. 15 for 2 practices earlier than touring to Maryland for his or her second preseason sport in opposition to the Washington Commanders. Cincinnati faces off in opposition to Washington on ESPN’s “Monday Night time Soccer” on Aug. 18.
(This story was up to date so as to add a photograph gallery.)