Thankfully, Peete is fine.
Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield opens up on 'scary' coach Peete incident at practice originally appeared on The Sporting News
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were going through their Wednesday practice as normal until running backs coach Skip Peete reportedly collapsed, with what head coach Todd Bowles said was due to dehydration.
Peete was reportedly taken to hospital after the "medical episode" as the Buccaneers' walkthrough was halted in its tracks.
It does put things into perspective, given how precious life is, and for quarterback Baker Mayfield, when asked about the incident, he opened up.
"It's definitely scary," Mayfield said. "Luckily, he was alert after and making some jokes. So, that's good. But in the moment, yeah, it's much bigger than the game of football, especially when you come in to work with every day with teammates, coaching staff, everybody in the building, it's just when something like that happens to somebody close to you, it's puts things perspective."
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Star running back Bucky Irving was seen in a boot this week as he recovers from a foot injury, with Bowles stating he is getting a second opinion, with Friday looming as the deadline for Bucky to get out of the boot in order to play.
Bowles stated that if Irving wasn't out of the boot by then, he would be trending towards not facing the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Rachaad White and Sean Tucker will be asked to carry more of the offensive load if Irving can't go, with both offering good juice in the run and pass game for Josh Grizzard as the Buccaneers have a wealth of options to work with.
But right now, all thoughts are with Coach Peete after what was a scary moment at practice.
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