NFL training camp fights occur every year. This picture on the left is from the 1997 Redskins training camp fight between Michael Westbrook and Stephen Davis. The fight left Davis beatdown and Westbrook with a fractured relationship with the Skins.This season has been no different with the Panthers having an intra-squad fight and the Rams-Titans squaring off against each other.
Sports Illustrated has a good article about it here, giving coaches' opinions on the subject.
Training camp fights are a very touchy thing. Some can bring a team closer, while some can divide the team. The problem is that you never know which way the team will go until its too late.
The Panthers seem to be of the former variety, as Smith immediate felt remorse, and all the rhetoric from the team all echoed the closeness of the team.
Aaron Rodgers played his first preseason action last night. He played well, and didn't make any glaring errors.
Though he had one interception, it wasn't his fault as the pass bounced off his receiver's shoulder pads.
It should only get easier for Rodgers this preseason moves forward. He survive his first team. The next one will come on Opening Day, when the Minnesota Vikings come calling.
Lastly, I have to end on Brett Favre. Finally, he will play this Saturday against the Redskins. I am excited to see Favre, to see if the joy he had last year is still there. I want to see if that Week 2 match-up with the Patriots will have any meaning.
Well that's all for now.........
Going wait until the after the last preseason to predict how the season will go. Hopefully, that will help.
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