The New York Giants are at training camp with the Detroit Lions on Monday. They’re getting in some joint practice or at least trying to. The players seem a tad more interested in fighting with each other.
The Giants and Lions have gotten into multiple fights, most of which have been caught on camera by members of the media or fans attending the open practice. The reasons for those fights? It’s unclear. Players get chippy toward each other during these early practices for any reason at all.
This first fight is just a sea of players in blue and white scuffling and pushing each other until everyone just kind of loses interest and walks back.
A big scrum breaks out between reps at Giants-Lions joint practice pic.twitter.com/IpEw03jy8n
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Here’s a fight that starts after Lions WR Amon Ra St. Brown gets annoyed about something.
GETTING CHIPPY: Amon Ra St Brown letting the New York Giants know their place in the NFC. Its ALL GRIT in DETROIT pic.twitter.com/zvqWFiAhLK
Honolulu Blues (@HonoluluBlues_) August 5, 2024
General manager Joe Schoen had to wade into the fray to break up this fight.
Sidelines just cleared again! Even #giants GM Joe Schoen out here breaking it up as fight erupts #giants #lions pic.twitter.com/FUy8GS4rGu
Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) August 5, 2024
Daniel Jones is somehow a main character in this next fight, joining in after two players start rolling around in front of him. A coach desperately tries to pull him out, trying to save the health of their expensive quarterback who wasn’t healthy for much of last year.
Daniel Jones getting in the middle of a scuffle!!! One play after Brian Daboll was ticked that Jones had his arm hit by a defender. #lions #giants pic.twitter.com/wVsCfZM2z8
Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 5, 2024
Another scrum breaks out with Daniel Jones in the middle pic.twitter.com/IWl8a9dJRb
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Linebacker Brian Burns was not a fan of Jones getting involved in a fight.
Brian Burns very surprised to hear #giants QB Daniel Jones got involved in todays fights: Im gonna need him to back up. Let his O-line handle that. pic.twitter.com/mFIv8Yf1XR
Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) August 5, 2024
Jones, however, has no regrets, maintaining that it’s important to him to stand up for his guys.
Daniel Jones on getting involved in todays joint practice fights #giants #lionsSituation happens, got to stand up for your guys. pic.twitter.com/7cQV4PhEDn
Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) August 5, 2024
There are fights at every training camp, but it might be time to separate these two teams and put every individual player in timeout. Neither team can afford for any player to miss time from something as dumb as a training camp fight.