{"id":188322,"date":"2025-08-31T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188322\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T01:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:15:12","slug":"shilo-sanders-fined-after-throwing-buccaneers-preseason-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188322\/","title":{"rendered":"Shilo Sanders&#8217; fined after throwing Buccaneers preseason punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shilo Sanders doesn\u2019t have a team, but he does have a check to write.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was fined $4,669 for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/23\/sports\/shilo-sanders-ejected-for-throwing-punch-during-buccaneers-preseason-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punching\u00a0a Bills player<\/a>, which led to an ejection from the Buccaneers\u2019 preseason finale last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1961882603998302359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The safety, who played last season for his father, Deion, at Colorado, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/24\/sports\/shilo-sanders-waived-by-buccaneers-after-throwing-punch-getting-ejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has since been released<\/a> by Tampa Bay, with no team signing him as yet.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.57055215;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36966691\" width=\"927\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shilo_96486c.jpg\" alt=\"Football players making a tackle.\" class=\"wp-image-36966691\"  \/>Shilo Sanders was ejected for throwing a punch during the Buccaneers\u2019 preseason game against the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like this is part of\u00a0my story to grow and do bigger and better things,\u201d Sanders said in an Instagram video upon being released. \u201cWhether it\u2019s finding another team, whether it\u2019s getting another opportunity in the NFL, it is what it is. My time being with the Buccaneers has been nothing but great. The city, my teammates, my coaches, everybody has poured in love and support toward me and I\u2019ll be forever grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It appears that music, modeling or acting could be possibilities for Sanders if he remains a free agent, which Deion Sanders acknowledged this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is mentally where he needs to be, physically where he needs to be. We\u2019re praying he gets another opportunity to go with a team,\u201d the Colorado coach told reporters this week. \u201cBut if he doesn\u2019t, the plans have already been put forward to what he\u2019s going to do next.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36979483\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2231721463.jpg\" alt=\" Shilo Sanders #28 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts prior to the NFL Preseason 2025 game between Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on August 23, 2025 in Tampa, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-36979483\"  \/> Shilo Sanders of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts prior to the NFL Preseason 2025 game between Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on August 23, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShilo is a man of many talents and he\u2019s gonna be straight. All of the Sanders are going to be straight with or without football. You better believe that. I take care of mine and I always have. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd y\u2019all know what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shilo Sanders doesn\u2019t have a team, but he does have a check to write. 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