The NFL officially requested film from Tuesday’s absolute slugfest of a joint practice between the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints, and you know what that means for both teams. The league wants answers, and they want them now. Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed Thursday that the league is digging into the tape to figure out if any actions from that brawl-filled session deserve serious discipline.
This Was No Ordinary Scuffle. This Was Chaos.
Dude, this wasn’t just sideline pushing and shoving; this was total chaos. According to ESPN’s Katherine Terrell, the Saints offense and Cowboys defense went at it hard, with at least two full-blown fights breaking out. Clarence Hill Jr. of All City DLLS reported a staggering *seven* fights overall during that single practice session. Can you even imagine the intensity? Seven times these guys threw down, escalating beyond anything we usually see in joint practices. But the wildest part? There’s video making the rounds online showing Saints tight end Brock Rechsteiner delivering what looked exactly like a full-on German suplex to Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson. That madness started after Cowboys cornerback Calen Carson threw a punch at Rechsteiner. Talk about escalating quickly, right? This went way beyond “commonplace skirmishes.”
Even the Coaches Were Ready to Pull the Plug
It got so out of hand that Schottenheimer admitted he and Saints head coach Kellen Moore actually discussed calling the whole thing off mid-practice. Think about that for a second. Your coaches are literally debating shutting down practice because players can’t keep their composure. Schottenheimer said, “We kind of had agreed that if a couple of other things happened, we would cancel it, but they worked through it.” They might have “worked through it,” but Schottenheimer didn’t sugarcoat the aftermath, acknowledging a massive issue. He said, “there’s a discipline element to playing this football game, and unfortunately we didn’t handle that very well today.” That’s a huge statement from a coach, basically admitting they lost control. It makes you wonder what message this sends to the locker room when discipline breaks down so spectacularly.
So, the NFL now has the tape, the coaches are talking discipline, and these two teams have actual football games to play before they see each other again. The Cowboys head to State Farm Stadium this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET to take on the Arizona Cardinals, while the Saints travel to SoFi Stadium to battle the Los Angeles Rams at 4 p.m. ET. But mark your calendars, because even though they just spent a week brawling, the Cowboys and Saints will meet again in preseason on August 28. You know that next game is gonna have some serious, palpable tension after this kind of fireworks.
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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