The Geno/IK altercation has the entire league talking. Why has camp fights been escalating this year? If they just so happen to spread to Tampa Bay, Bucs head coach Lovie Smith says he enforces this simple rule: Don’t touch the QB.
“There’s some things you know not to do, growing up you know not to put your hand on a female at all times,” Smith said. “You know to respect someone’s mom always. And on a football team you know stay away from the quarterback. It’s as simple as that. I can’t think of many training camps where you start a season when I haven’t gone back over that again. But again, it’s just not me policing that, our entire football team, they know what’s at stake.”
Dont. Touch. The Quarterback. Not only are franchise or decent QB’s hard to come by, but they also make up your offense. Losing a QB to a petty camp fight, would be detrimental to a team and possibly their trust to the causing player (if he stays on the team thereafter). For safety measures, how about we just keep our hands to ourselves and play nicely?
H/T: ProFootballTalk