Jets assistant coach Tony Oden's left arm was in a sling, but he was back to work and in good spirits Thursday, one day after being injured during a practice brawl.
There were several skirmishes between the Jets and Bucs, who play Saturday night at MetLife Stadium. Oden, 50, who coaches the cornerbacks, was struck as a fight began to escalate. Coach Robert Saleh said Oden was hit by"friendly fire."
Oden said his wife, knowing tempers tend to flare in joint practices, made him promise to stay out of harm's way. "She said, 'Do not try to break up any fights.' I said, 'I won't,'" Oden said."I was not trying to break up a fight. I was trying to prevent it from happening. Those guys were a little too big, a little too fast for me. I didn't move my feet well enough, and I kind of got caught up a little bit."
Oden fell to the ground and appeared to lose consciousness during the skirmish, but he denied it Thursday.Clearly, Oden didn't want to make himself the story. As he noted,"These [players] deal with way worse than this, so I'll be danged if I'm going to talk about anything that I have. I'm just a coach. All I have to do is hold a clipboard."The Jets and Bucs were supposed to have another practice Thursday, but the Jets cancelled earlier in the week.
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