Jets, Buccaneers cant stop fighting in heated joint practice: Not going to get punked

David Bailey was eager to battle, lining up against an NFL opponent for the first time.The No.2 overall pick already looked ready for Week 1, blowing by Luke Goedeke on multiple reps in one-on-one drills early in Tuesday’s joint practice with the Buccaneers.
The sixth-year tackle then overcompensated, jumping early and committing a false start.On the next rep, Bailey used a bull rush, ending in a stalemate, with the Jets rookie tapping the veteran’s helmet.
Goedeke responded with a punch, and Bailey returned fire as both teams converged in a short-lived skirmish.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.
“He called me out in one-on-ones and he wanted to go against me and then lost,” Goedeke said.“He tried shoving me after that.
[Jets linebacker Kingsley Enagbare], I believe, came from the side and just cheap-shotted me.That didn’t start practice warm and fuzzy.
That’s for sure.“Not the smartest decision by me.That being said, I’m always going to defend my players.
I’m going to defend myself, for that matter.I’m not going to get punked and not do anything about it, especially on a football field.”The battles had just begun.The longtime friendship of the opposing head coaches — Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles was the secondary coach for the Jets when Glenn was still a cornerback in New York — was powerless to prevent repeated fights between their teams, who have another joint practice scheduled Wednesday before meeting in the preseason opener Friday at MetLife Stadium.After the fight with Bailey, Goedeke was involved in an altercation with Enagbare that resulted in both sidelines clearing, as Tampa Bay’s tackle ripped off the helmet of Qwan’tez Stiggers and hurled it down the field following Jarius Monroe’s interception of Baker Mayfield.“I don’t like seeing fighting,” Jets defensive tackle Harrison Phillips said.
“You do that in a football game and...