Bruce Arians Speaks On Why He Smacked A Buccaneers Player In The Helmet During Win vs. Eagles

Everything was clicking on Sunday for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but there was one moment that caught the eyes of viewers at home. At one point early in the third quarter, with the Bucs only leading 17-0, the Eagles muffed a punt, giving the ball back to the Bucs.

In the aftermath of the play, Arians ran onto the field and open-handed smacked safety Andrew Adams in the side of the head and shoved him out of the way with an elbow.

bro what is Bruce Arians doing ? pic.twitter.com/iUcTGgYhiu

— alex (@highlghtheaven) January 16, 2022

Following the game, Arians revealed his reasoning for smacking that player.

I asked Bruce Arians why he briefly swiped his hand at Andrew Adams’ helmet after the Eagles’ muffed punt. Adams was trying to pull Eagles players off the pile, which could be a penalty. “Yeah, that was it,” Arians said.

— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 16, 2022

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a pretty easy win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round on Sunday and now they have to wait to find out their next opponent, who will be coming on the road to face them.