Things got heated on the San Francisco 49ers‘ sideline during Sunday’s 23-20 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Wide receiver Deebo Samuel was seen on camera attempting to punch or choke long-snapper Taybor Pepper after kicker Jake Moody missed a 44-yard field goal.
Samuel, though, brushed off the sideline altercation as being caught up in the heat of the moment.
“Normally I don’t even get like that, but just frustrated in the heat of battle, a close game and I kind of got out of character a little bit,” Samuel told reporters. “But I’ll talk to Moody and we’ll get past it.”
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Sunday’s incident could have been even more disastrous if the 49ers had been upset by the Buccaneers, who were without their top two wide receivers; Future Hall of Famer Mike Evans and perennial Pro Bowler Chris Godwin.
However, Moody split the uprights on a 44-yard game-winner, the first walk-off kick of his career to seal San Francisco’s win.
“[I] really, really wanted a chance to redeem myself and felt really confident, really good going that direction,” Moody told reporters afterwards. “[I] saw what happened with the previous one and was able to make an adjustment and put it through.”
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