Brawl ends practice Los Angeles Rams Cincinnati Bengals joint

Cincinnati – A brawl between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams forced both teams to stop their joint practice Thursday, the last day of joint practice.

On a day full of post-snap affairs, a brawl broke out during a team exercise featuring the Bengals’ first offense and the Rams’ first defense. The unrecognized Ramez defender was dealt from a distance with the correct Bengals tackle Lyle Collins. The defender had Collins wrapped from behind with his arms around his chest, seconds after Cincinnati ran back Joe Mixon It was a few yards down.

Collins objected to the exception and swung his punches as soon as he was free, sparking a massive brawl that unleashed numerous whistles and flags from the crew in charge. Multiple helmets removed, with the Cincinnati Enquirer photographer spotting Rams’ defensive interference Aaron Donald Using a Bengals cap in each hand. After training, a video circulated on Twitter showing Donald swinging a helmet multiple times during a scrum.

Players from both teams scattered across the training ground closest to the street separating the Cincinnati training facility and Paycor Stadium. After a few minutes, the teams decided to end the controversial practice.

Donald declined to comment through a team spokesperson, who also said the team would not comment.

Rams coach Sean McVeigh said earlier that he didn’t want to provoke too much of a fight, and said in some cases, only two teams were defending each other. Both coaches talked about wanting to be safe and wanting to get the right amount of work done.

“I just see guys swinging and some guys wearing helmets, some not wearing helmets,” McVeigh said. “There is a problem. You never know what could happen. My biggest concern is just unnecessary injuries to the people we depend on, whether it’s for our team or the other team.”

“I got into a bit of a fight,” Bengals coach Zach Taylor said.

“We just shot it,” Taylor said. We were in the past [practice] a period. We had a really good two working days. Was it worth getting more plays? no. So we gave it a name.

This wasn’t the first time Collins had been involved in a feud on Thursday. He appeared to be involved in two more fights with the Rams defender. On one occasion, he was replaced in group practice by tackling the Bengals reserve Dante Smith.

When asked about Collins’ role in the melee, Taylor refused to go into details. Cincinnati did not make players available after training.

rams quarterback Matthew Staffordwho was the only Los Angeles player to speak to the media, was on the opposite training ground against the Bengals defense and had no details of the incident.

The two teams are scheduled to be on vacation on Friday before concluding pre-season with a game on Saturday in Cincinnati. Neither team is expected to play the start at the end. Taylor said he does not expect any feud to continue.

Earlier in the week, the safety of the Bengals Von Bell Taylor said he conveyed a message from the team leader Mike Brown About fights after brawls escalate into other teams’ common practices.

“You never want to be a headline,” Bell said of the message from the front office. “Keep everything clean.”