A huge brawl broke out at a shared practice between the Dallas Cowboys and the St Louis Rams ahead of the new NFL season.
The fight involved nearly every player on both sides and things got out of hand very quickly as the melee almost spilled over into the crowd.
Huge fight at Cowboys-Rams practice… @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/Jvk3P0XvrA
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 19, 2015
Of course, just because you’re talking to your team’s owner doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get involved – as Dallas Cowboys star player Dez Bryant showed:
88. When you are talking to Jerry Jones but needed in a fight pic.twitter.com/7uckuhEKKU
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 19, 2015
For his troubles, Bryant took a pretty mean shot to face.
https://twitter.com/JoeTrahan/status/633812720295350272
looks like Dez Bryant deleted the tweet so here’s a screenshot pic.twitter.com/ly7lip5iWq
— Jordan Heck (@JordanHeckFF) August 19, 2015
In the midst of it all, Bryant lost a diamond earring which was somehow found by a member of staff after the players left the field.
Security guard found @DezBryant's diamond earring, which he lost during the fight (via @VictorNBC5)… Wow. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/Kb5VfEAZNL
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 19, 2015
In fairness, there were some pretty obvious signs that this might happen. As a coach you need to look out for clues like players hitting tackles a little too hard or arguments getting a little heated between plays.
But sometimes it’s something even more subtle than that, like the fact that there had already been two fights earlier on in the practice…
Third fight with Rams and Cowboys and this is very very very ugly. Not good. Time to call it off.
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) August 19, 2015
Unfortunately the two teams aren’t set to meet in the regular season, but we’re hoping for a heated rematch in the playoffs.
