“He was sore coming out, and that was somewhat to be expected,” Lynch said on the “Joe, Lo and Dibs” show. “He had done a really nice job through his rehab, and when you have high-ankle sprains, sometimes you get dinged, and it can affect you for a little bit. He did early in the game.
On the first play, he actually planted the wrong way. He didn’t roll it, but it hurt him a little bit. Nick battled through that and played at a really high level. He found out the hard way that (
Buccaneers quarterback) Jameis (Winston) is hard to bring down, and could have potentially had three (sacks), and did a great job to come away with one.”