Recently acquired Buccaneers defensive tackle Steve McLendon told reporters Friday that he found out the Jets were trading him to Tampa last Saturday but nevertheless played for New York on Sunday.
McLendon, who was shipped to Tampa with a seventh-round pick in the 2023 draft in exchange for a 2020 sixth-round selection, said he was told Saturday night a car would be waiting for him after Sunday's Jets-Dolphins game in Miami to drive him to Tampa.
"I was like, 'OK,'" McLendon told reporters. "Sunday morning, I woke up, I prayed, and I was like, 'This is one last ride.