The NFL just threw down a huge penalty flag on both the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints, hitting each squad with a colossal $500,000 fine after their joint practice last Tuesday turned into an absolute WWE-style brawl. Yeah, you read that right: **a cool half-million bucks per team**, all thanks to a practice that spiraled completely out of control.
When Practice Turns Into a Pay-Per-View Event
That wild scene, which went down last Tuesday, clearly didn’t just catch our attention glued to the screens. Oh no, it caught the league’s eye, big time, especially after those viral videos blew up online. We’re talking about chaos here. ESPN’s Katherine Terrell reported at least two major fights erupted just between the Saints offense and the Cowboys defense. But wait, there’s more: Clarence Hill Jr. of All City DLLS dropped the bomb that there were **at least seven fights overall** during the session. Seven! Can you even imagine that level of mayhem on a practice field?
And then there was *that* moment. The one everyone’s still talking about. Saints tight end Brock Rechsteiner, in what can only be described as pure madness, gave Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson something that looked shockingly like a German suplex. A freakin’ German suplex in a football practice! Terrell noted that whole insane incident kicked off after Cowboys cornerback Calen Carson decided to throw a punch at Rechsteiner. Seriously, it’s wild to think practice escalated from punches to professional wrestling moves.
The Coaches, the League, and the Price of Discipline
You know the NFL was gonna come down hard after seeing that kind of action. Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed on Thursday that the league had actually requested film from the practice, clearly looking to see if discipline was warranted. And oh, it was. Schottenheimer even admitted that he and Saints head coach Kellen Moore had discussed outright canceling the practice if things kept going south. “We kind of had agreed that if a couple of other things happened, we would cancel it, but they worked through it,” Schottenheimer said, probably with a whole lot of frustration. He nailed it when he added, “Again, they settled into it, but again, there’s a discipline element to playing this football game, and unfortunately we didn’t handle that very well today.” That’s an understatement, coach. While scrimmages can get heated, what went down between these two teams was reportedly extreme even by those standards.
So, what’s next for these two after shelling out a combined million dollars? Well, ironically, the Cowboys and Saints are scheduled to face off in preseason on August 28. Talk about bad blood already brewing before the regular season even kicks off! Before that showdown, Dallas heads 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 play the Los Angeles Rams at 4 p.m. ET. You gotta wonder if these fines, and that massive brawl, are gonna hang over them for the rest of preseason.
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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