The guy works, he tries to be part of his team, he does what he coached,” Slater said.
Slater, 36, said he didn’t see the hit Robinson put on Wilkerson, but was told it was a clean play. “I don’t care if it’s in a game situation, and certainly in a training situation, it’s not OK.” “When you have a teammate who is hit, who is down, and there are clear symptoms of what happened to him – we all know what that looks like as football players – and then you have players who celebrate this act I dispute that, and I have no problem saying so. He had longtime Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater - the 2021 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award winner - speaking to the Panthers sideline after it happened. Robinson’s Wednesday play - on what wasn’t meant to be a full-speed drill - upset Patriots players. … We should be playing football the real way, where you help a guy up, not stand over a guy.” We will have to talk about it and see where we are. “Two days of training were affected by one guy. It might affect your livelihood, so we sent it back. “…We don’t stand over them and taunt them. “I have not seen hitting, but that’s not how we want to train,” Rhule said. Last year during training camp, Rhule released defensive back JT Ibe shortly after he was kicked out of practice for a base hit on wide receiver Keith Kirkwood which he called “completely unacceptable. A league source told ESPN the Panthers will assess this situation after watching the tape. Rhule has not ruled out Robinson’s release. He was kicked out of practice Tuesday for his involvement in a fight with Wilkerson, leading some Patriots players to quietly wonder if Wednesday’s hit was a retaliatory hit. The taunts resulted in Robinson’s ejection for the second day in a row. Wilkerson was taken to an offsite facility for evaluation. Wise’s hit on McCaffrey came on the play after Panthers cornerback Kenny Robinson stood over New England’s Kristian Wilkerson and taunted him after he hard blocked Wilkerson in the side, sending the wide receiver to the floor. … No, I’m just trying to get in there and separate the guys.”
When asked if he was involved in the fight, Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield jokingly said, “I used my inmate training, I got in there. It’s not about how it’s going to happen, it’s about when it’s going to happen.” McCaffrey said: “I’ve never been part of a joint practice where there isn’t one. “There are a lot of football things that mean a lot more to me, but distractions affect you and that’s what we can’t do.” “I would like to talk about two minutes right now and sam scramble and make a great throw,” he said. Rhule then apologized for the incident, which eclipsed two good days of work against New England. The Patriots offered him tickets to one game this season. The woman suffered a swollen foot but refused treatment from Patriots medical staff. The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Wise reached out to the fan to apologize, and McCaffrey shook his hand as well. Panthers coach Matt Rhule said an official told him Hubbard threw a punch. Wise and running back Caroline Chuba Hubbard were kicked out of practice. McCaffrey responded by throwing the ball at Wise’s feet, sparking the fight which continued in the stands. McCaffrey, who was out of bounds, was knocked to the ground by Patriots defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr., who landed on the fan during the ensuing scrimmage.
–A late hard hit on Carolina Panthers star running back Christian McCaffrey sparked a fight Wednesday during joint practice with the New England Patriots that injured a fan.
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