FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Fresh York Jets senior defensive workman Tony Oden was once again to paintings and in excellent spirits Thursday, one life nearest being injured all over a tradition brawl.

Oden was once struck all over an altercation between gamers at a joint observe between the Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday. He was once carted off the garden and brought to the clinic, however returned to his place of job after that night to observe observe movie.

Oden, whose left arm was once in a sling, downplayed his shock Thursday, calling it “a little war wound” and including, “I’ll be all right.” He declined to specify the character of his shock, except for to mention it’s “a little uncomfortable at times.” He went via a complete observe and was once visible throwing passes — together with his proper arm, after all.

There have been a number of skirmishes between the Jets and Bucs, who play games Saturday night time at MetLife Stadium. Oden, 50, who coaches the cornerbacks, was once struck as a struggle started to escalate. Teacher Robert Saleh mentioned Oden was once clash by way of “friendly fire.”

Oden mentioned his spouse, figuring out tempers generally tend to flare in joint practices, made him word of honour to stick out of injury’s means.

“She said, ‘Do not try to break up any fights.’ I said, ‘I won’t,'” Oden mentioned. “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 garden and looked as if it would lose awareness all over the skirmish, however he denied it Thursday.

“Nah, I just got tired and decided to sit down for a while,” he mentioned. “It was hot.”

Obviously, Oden didn’t need to produce himself the tale. As he famous, “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.”

Oden mentioned his spouse was once furious and requested him, “What were you thinking?”

The Jets and Bucs have been meant to have any other observe Thursday, however the Jets stopped previous within the future. Sarcastically, Saleh cited participant protection as the explanation, claiming accidents and fights generally tend to occur in the second one life of joint practices.

The Bucs, scrambling for a tradition garden in Fresh Jersey, wound up on the Fresh York Giants’ facility.