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Vance McDonald Says His Goal Was To ‘Crush’ Bucs Safety On Touchdown Catch

It’s a play that’ll go on all of the NFL highlight reels when the 2018 season wraps up. Vance McDonald is Chris Conte’s daddy after that nasty stiff arm en route to his 75 yard touchdown Monday night. A play that knocked Conte out of the game with I assume was an injured soul, not a bum knee as the team reported.

Post-game, McDonald said his mission was very clear: destroy the defender. And that’s what he did.

McDonald spoke to a predictable gaggle of reporters as tweeted out by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.