There are three guarantees in life: death, taxes and fights breaking out at NFL joint practices.
A week ago, the San Francisco 49ers had to kick two of their players off the practice field due to their involvement in multiple fights with the Tennessee Titans. If we rewind to this past Tuesday, legit punches were thrown between the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys. Heck, one player broke out a WWE-style move.
“Someone on the Cowboys just punched Brock Rechsteiner, and then after they fought, Rechsteiner fought another player and straight up body slammed him,” Luke Johnson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune said. “More fighting than football today it seems.”
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It appears the latest brawl involves the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles.
According to multiple reports, a fight broke out after Patriots defensive tackle Corey Durden “sacked” Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
It’s not all bad blood at practice.
After this Thursday’s practice session wrapped up, Hurts had a chance to catch up with former teammate A.J. Brown. There were rumblings about them having a fractured relationship in Philly.
“Nothing happened, people just grow apart,” Brown told Maria Taylor. “Nothing happened between me and him, or our families, wives, anything. Nothing like that ever happened. Life happens and you just look up sometimes and you just you find yourself drifting away and that’s fine. And I think both parties accepted that.”
Hopefully, the Eagles and Patriots can settle their differences after Saturday’s preseason game.
