Brawl ends Los Angeles Rams – Cincinnati Bengals joint practice

CINCINNATI — There was a brawl between the Cincinnati Bengals The Los Angeles Rams Both teams were forced to stop their intersquad practices on Thursday, their last day of joint practice.

On a day of post-snap activities, a brawl broke out during a drill featuring both the Bengals’ and Rams’ first teams. The Rams right tackle engaged a Rams defender that was difficult to identify from a distance. La’el Collins. Collins was wrapped around his chest by the defender, arms around his chest. This happened just a few seconds after Cincinnati ran back. Joe Mixon It was only a few yards further downfield.

Collins took exception, and started swinging punches after he was free. The incident sparked a large fracas that saw several whistles and flags being raised by the officiating team. Multiple helmets were removed. A Cincinnati Enquirer photographer was able to spot Rams defensive tackle. Aaron Donald Each hand holding a Bengals helmet. A Twitter video showed Donald swinging his helmet several times during practice.

Both teams had their players spread out on the field near the intersection of Cincinnati’s practice facility with Paycor Stadium. After only a few minutes the two teams resolved to end their contentious practice.

Donald declined to comment through a spokesperson from the team who also stated that the team would not be commenting further.

Sean McVay, Rams coach, stated earlier that he didn’t want to make too much of the fracas. He said that in some cases it was just two teams protecting each other. Both coaches talked about wanting to be safe as well as getting the right amount of work done.

McVay said, “I only see guys swinging and some men have helmets. Some don’t.” “There’s a scrum. There are many things that could go wrong. I worry about unnecessary injuries to teammates, regardless of whether they are for us or the other team.

Coach Zac Taylor of the Bengals said, “It just got some scuffley.”

Taylor replied, “We just called.” “We were in (practice) the last period. We had two great days of work. It was well worth the extra play. No. It was so called “Notable.”

Collins wasn’t involved in a dispute for the first time on Thursday. He was involved in at least two other disputes with a Rams defender. He was substituted in a team drill for Bengals reserve tackle on one occasion. D’Ante Smith.

Taylor refused to answer questions regarding Collins’ role during the scuffles. After the practice, Cincinnati did not make any players.

Rams quarterback Matthew StaffordThe only Los Angeles player who spoke to the media was a player on the opposite field, working against the Bengals’ starting defense. He didn’t know any details.

The teams will each have Friday off before closing the preseason with Cincinnati on Saturday.

The final will not feature both teams’ starters. Taylor said that he didn’t expect any of Thursday’s animosity to carry over.

The safety of Bengals earlier in the week Vonn Bell Taylor relayed the message of team president to Taylor Mike Brown About any fights given that there was an increase in the number of scuffles during training camp.

Bell stated that Bell did not want to be a headline in the message sent by the front office. Keep it clean.”