Barksdale Doing His Best Rocky Impression at Raiders Camp

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  1. Kurtis Bleaux

    Kurtis Bleaux Founding Member

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    Tempers Flair At Oakland Raiders Camp, Barksdale and Hill Exchange Blows

    By CHUCK CARROLL
    Football News Now Staff Writer
    August 15, 2011


    A pair of Oakland Raiders mistook Sunday’s practice for a sparring session.

    Tempers flared a bit when Joseph Barksdale and Tommie Hill had an impromptu boxing match. Barksdale punched Hill several times at the conclusion of pass protection drills according to Steve Corkran of the Oakland Tribune.

    A bit of fiestiness is to be expected in training camp and head coach Hue Jackson is okay with that.

    “I’m alright with it because that’s competing,” Jackson explained. “I’m going to make our players get better every day and I don’t know any other way to do that.

    “They say that iron sharpens iron and the more you work at it, it will get hot and testy. They all love and respect each other when they go into the locker room. But, out there between the lines, there’s a job to be done and I think they understand what it takes to get it done.”

    Understand they do.

    Barksdale downplayed the incident following practice.

    “It happens, man,” Barksdale said, per the Oakland Tribune. “That was actually self defense. I didn’t start that, if you were watching. But it happens, it’s unfortunate. We are teammates and, at the end of the day, we’re still cool. It gets hot. Things happen.”
     
  2. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    Barksdale was swangin them thangs. That's my boy.


    It looks like he may start at RT this year. He's coming along nicely.
     
  3. LSUDad

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    LSUTyga73 Football Connoisseur

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    Oakland needs a player like Barksdale. They've been getting punched around for years now
     

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