The Buccaneers’ second-half meltdown began in Sunday’s loss to the Bengals with a botched fake run back run. Giovanni Bernard He was supposed to get the snap and run for a first down, but instead didn’t realize the snap was going at him until the ball hit him. After the match, Bernard had a heated exchange with reporters, but admitted he had no responsibility.
When reporters approached Bernard to ask him what happened after the game, Bernard complained that they only wanted to talk to him after something bad had happened and hadn’t spoken to him all season. in video From the exchange posted by ESPN’s Gina Lynn, the reporters took issue, saying they didn’t speak to him because he’s injured and has only played hard this season. Bernard said at first he didn’t want to talk.
“Can I go to my family abroad?” Bernard asked reporters.
After a moment, Bernard spoke to take responsibility for the fake gambling.
“Misunderstanding,” said Bernard, “that’s all it was on my part.” “I take full fault for that. It was completely wrong—my fault, that’s it. It’s on me, it’s all, something I did wrong. It was all on me. Number 25 over there, that’s me. It was me who did it. It was just me. It was me.” I screwed up. I screwed up. Thanks guys.”
With that, Bernard is done.
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