Ted Hurst Loses His Cool
August 22nd, 2026
Rookie receiver Ted Hurst.
Rough night for Buccaneers rookie receiver Ted Hurst.
On the Bucs’ opening drive, Hurst channeled a clown move from The Lost Decade and punched Chiefs cornerback Mansoor Delane in the back of the head. Yes, the zebras saw it and flagged for a 15-yard personal foul.
It was a 2nd-and-8 run by Kenneth Gainwell and Hurst was blocking Delane, who gave him a little extra push (nothing crazy) after the whistle. Hurst responded with a clear left-handed shot to the back of Delane’s helmet.
Joe hopes that was a learning experience for Hurst, who finished with no catches on one target. What made it extra frustrating for Joe was Delane also is a rookie, a first-round pick. So it’s not like Hurst was hounded and irritated by a savvy veteran.
Hurst probably cost himself a little trust from Todd Bowles and offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:28 pm
Another patented Licht draft bust. He sucks.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Licht’s Losers are showing out tonight
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:33 pm
It’s preseason.
Calm down.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Another Licht draft bust.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:44 pm
Getting dumb personal fouls after the whistle?! Maybe this dude is the second coming of Mike evans…
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:47 pm
Another learning lesson for this player, last week he let the ball get knocked out of his hands in the endzone, today he is very unprofessional and loses the team 15 yards and a down. He is not yet ready for prime time that is for sure.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:50 pm
At least this mistake happened in preseason. I remember Lavonte David made a boneheaded penalty which cost the Bucs a win back in the Schiano days opening the season against the Jets, which ciuld be used against him when Ira tries to get him a gold jacket.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:57 pm
Hurst will be fine. The rest of the offense needs a lot of work.
August 22nd, 2026 at 9:59 pm
Hope he doesn’t get Shilo’d.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:05 pm
Some serious negativity aura on the comments section of this here website
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:10 pm
Why didn’t he play more? Hes not a starter. He should have played the first half.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:12 pm
FIRE TOILET BOWLES!!!!
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:29 pm
Look at the box scores dumbasses! 50 plus people played freekin idiots!
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:33 pm
Sheesh it sounds like it’s the same person commenting…all of this over a preseason game??? You all must be so fun in real life.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:36 pm
Wow, the idiots are out in full force tonight.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Derek , Cosmo and whateves are all the same 🤡. Their aints fans that’s why they come over here. I mean wouldn’t yall if you were aints fans. They just change their names and cry the same song every comment.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:48 pm
Will he get chewed out about it? probably does it mean much in the long run? nope.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:49 pm
“I like that kind of spirit in a ball player!” – Indians manager Lou Brown in ‘Major League’. I do too.
The kid is just showing shades of Mike Evans vs. Marshawn Lattimore. If he is up to start a rivalry with Delane I’ll put up with those two trading suspensions and fines as long as his play and production on the field is similarly Evansesque.
I’m as confident as I can be Hurst is no head case. I’m pleased to see he has some edgy competitor in him. He comes off “too nice” in pressers, which I like and respect plenty as well. This kid just keeps endearing himself to me in all the right ways. This is just another “arrow pointing up” to me.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:57 pm
It’s the PRESEASON. Commenters on here need to go on Lithium or something. Sheesh.
August 22nd, 2026 at 10:58 pm
Thanks to the amazing production work of WFLA, we got to stare at Andy Reid’s mustache for 2 mins instead of seeing a replay of what happened.
August 22nd, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Forgettable offense. Cool he won’t take any crap, good he’s got some pride to him, but that’s a mental error too. Flag, fine, and you’d like to keep those at a minimum moving forward. Teaching moment for Ted, I’d be made too if my PT lined up with Browning cause he’d eat with Daniels lol
August 22nd, 2026 at 11:22 pm
Draft bust? LMAO.
Those are the dumbest comments of the day. 💯
Hurst lost his cool on one play, but he will be our best WR1.
August 23rd, 2026 at 12:19 am
I was at the game and the replay looked like the db was holding his facemask….not sure if TV had a different angle. Either way you can’t do that.
August 23rd, 2026 at 12:27 am
3rd round. No idea why you wrote first round.
Have you heard of bain?
August 23rd, 2026 at 12:36 am
Steve A Says:
August 23rd, 2026 at 12:19 am
I was at the game and the replay looked like the db was holding his facemask….not sure if TV had a different angle. Either way you can’t do that.
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On TV we literally didn’t get a replay. I think they literally just showed Andy Reid for like two straight mins – or maybe that was a different penalty later in the game, I don’t remember. But in any case, for us watching on TV, we never saw it.
August 23rd, 2026 at 1:02 am
Yeah, it was a drive killer. That’s why you don’t do that. On my broadcast- Chiefs broadcast team- We Saw It. He smacked that DeLane right in the head. Flagrant. Disregard for penalty.
That DeLane was the 6th overall pick this year and he flashed all night. And Hurst played just as hard. Those 2 are really good rookies and they should both have great rookie years.
August 23rd, 2026 at 2:04 am
Seems rookies do not understand a few facts of football life as a Buc. Todd Bowles does not favor personal fouls on broadcast TV. He has the power to hire or fire in the preseason. Just ask Shiloh Sanders. How many snaps did Hurst play after he hit the other rookie in retaliation? We have to release a receiver before the season opener. I will not be shocked if he gets cut. There are too many good players who demonstrate how to act on and off the field.
August 23rd, 2026 at 6:32 am
He was frustrated the Bucs game plan was to throw sideways, and backwards instead of downfield. Didn’t understand putting Bake, and the boys out there if you had no intention of letting them actually try. Set a bad tone from the beginning. Offense showed no life till the second half when daniels came in. If you’re gonna play, play. If not, don’t bother.
August 23rd, 2026 at 6:41 am
Some.of y’all weird as hell just shut up talking all that just crap man get a life. Probably sitting in a dirty ass house right now and you worried about a bust go clean something
August 23rd, 2026 at 7:17 am
I did not see a replay. I guess looking at Andy was more important. My guess is it was a reaction to dirty play. I do not like stalling a drive because of anger. All in all this practice game was fun for me to watch. We saw lots of different guys. Many played real well. We will have depth in a lot of spots. I am a little worried about O line depth. Our back up guys on the O line had costly penalties too. I’m hoping Todd clearly lets his new OC know the back up O line guys need to be coached a lot better. As far as the D goes, Todd, yes I said Todd had lots of bench guys playing like they belong in the NFL Todd and his guys are going to have some real tough decisions getting down to 53 men. We should have a real good practice squad too. Go bucs
August 23rd, 2026 at 8:10 am
I saw it happen live, never saw it again.
August 23rd, 2026 at 8:14 am
Joe has my email address
Please email me with cut and paste postings I have made that are in MODERATION and why !
August 23rd, 2026 at 8:54 am
Whats more concerning than the brain fart, is punching a helmet when your hands are your livelihood!!
August 23rd, 2026 at 9:55 am
A rookie makes a mistake in preseason… He is a bust! Those comments make me laugh and make me sad for all the trolls with nothing more to do on a Saturday night than post silly nonsense!
August 23rd, 2026 at 9:56 am
Kidloflo that is so true!
August 23rd, 2026 at 10:45 am
“No Response” ….its hard to do, i know, former hothead when i was younger. Its a game of rules and fast jabber mouths (jabber, jabber, jabber)…you gotta learn to laugh at them and keep moving onto the next play, cleanly. “You’re in my head, you win.” then just laugh and beat them.
August 23rd, 2026 at 11:39 am
There isn’t any chance at all Hurst gets cut, Debbie. Starting week 1, we will probably see Hurst playing the X receiver spot inside the red zone. His use will expand from there. His rare combination of speed and height makes him a very useful target when trying to score touchdowns.
August 23rd, 2026 at 1:43 pm
I think he was just bored maybe. Hope his hand is all good!
August 24th, 2026 at 8:30 am
I’m not overreacting to this by calling him a bust before he gets out of preseason, but let’s be honest here… if Ted Hurst’s name was Shiloh Sanders, he’d already be looking for a job at Good Greek Moving and Storage this morning.
August 24th, 2026 at 12:18 pm
I gotta say that it IS a bit weird to call the guy a bust and suggest he’ll be cut in Any serious manner..? Obviously You must be joking or just fishing because Plenty have taken the bait.
Unless of course if you’re serious. And if you’re Actually serious about cutting Hurst over it then there is a phrase from my grandpa that stands out as perfect to describe You in this moment…. He would tell you…
“Now THAT’S an arssse troll” but worded a touch differently than that. I’m sure you can put together just what he likes to say about that for yourself whom ever you might be out there.
I’m sure you couple of guys are actually trolling and hoping someone will bite.
August 24th, 2026 at 2:43 pm
I’m reading all these comments about Ted, a third round draft pick who has shown a whole lot of promise during training camp against NFL competition. The man ain’t played one regular season game yet, and y’all already calling him a bust. A bust based on what? Practice?
Look, I came over from another NFL fan base to support this team because Ted is here. But some of y’all need to calm all the way down and stop acting like some temperamental bitches. Let that man get on the field and play some real football before y’all start writing his whole career off.
And don’t come over here arguing with me. Take that mess to your mama. I said what I said.