Shilo Sanders did make an impression on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff during the team's final preseason game. It just wasn't the one he needed to make while competing for a 53-man roster spot.
Sanders was ejected from the game in the second quarter when he became upset with Buffalo Bills tight end Zach Davidson continuing to block him when the play was well over. Sanders threw a punch at Davidson and was removed from the game.
The unnecessary roughness penalty called against the rookie safety put the ball at the Buccaneers' 11-yard line. The Bills scored a touchdown on the next play.
Following the Buccaneers' 23-19 loss to the Bills, Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles called Sanders' punch "inexcusable."
"You can't throw punches in this league," Bowles said, via Scott S