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LAKE BUENA VISTA - For the first time, the collisions sounded real, felt real and were real.
Monday morning, the third day of training camp and the fifth practice to be precise, the Bucs put on the pads for the first time and turned up the volume of participation. And while hitting the quarterback and hard tackling were outlawed, there were some spirited moments.
And the players loved nothing more.
"No doubt, it's a separation of the men from the boys," defensive end Greg Spires said. "If you're trying to hide, you're going to be exposed. If you don't have some thump to you, you're going to be exposed. When the pads come on, you can put everything you have into the game. It's the great equalizer; it equals things out."
With 90-plus players in camp, the Bucs have been eager to start hitting knowing that work in pads is part of the evaluation process.
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Monday morning, the third day of training camp and the fifth practice to be precise, the Bucs put on the pads for the first time and turned up the volume of participation. And while hitting the quarterback and hard tackling were outlawed, there were some spirited moments.
And the players loved nothing more.
"No doubt, it's a separation of the men from the boys," defensive end Greg Spires said. "If you're trying to hide, you're going to be exposed. If you don't have some thump to you, you're going to be exposed. When the pads come on, you can put everything you have into the game. It's the great equalizer; it equals things out."
With 90-plus players in camp, the Bucs have been eager to start hitting knowing that work in pads is part of the evaluation process.
more
