“It’s never easy to lose a teammate,” Beachum said. “It’s never easy to lose anybody within the NFL fraternity, whether it’s former, current, somebody you know, or somebody you don’t know. I think anybody that plays in the National Football League, you have some sense of identity and identify with them in some fashion.
“My heart goes out to his mother, the family of the young lady in the car, and a young child who doesn’t have a father.”
Joseph acknowledged the coaches have met since the accident occurred, but none of the talks have been about the process of how the secondary will adjust without Gladney.
The time will come to do that, but that time is not now.
“As far as the football part, guys are still processing his death,” Joseph said. “But the football part doesn’t stop. We have to figure out ways not to have Jeff because he would be a big part of what we did this year as a starter, at least on nickel downs. But that’s a backseat right now to what’s going on.”
