Good article confirming that the tackle was not staged:
Could Pat Patriot sue Jamal Adams after blindside hit?
And, Punk Jamal initially was scared the mascot actually might've been hurt, quoting from the story: "I didn’t hit him that hard, man … my intention was never to hurt him … we were out here just having fun and it wasn’t nothing intentionally to try to hurt the guy." This, of course, came after he tweeted: "This one is for every Patriots hater out there! I got y’all!"
The clock is ticking on loudmouth Punk Jamal eventually getting himself into SERIOUS trouble.