Philadelphia Eagles downplay training camp fight
By Josh Sanchez
During Sunday afternoon’s practice session at Philadelphia Eagles training camp, a scuffle broke out involving starting running back LeSean McCoy and defensive end Trent Cole.
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The fight was described as “heated” with head coach Chip Kelly needing to hold McCoy back, but after the practice the players involved downplayed the issue.
“I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” Cole said, via Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com. “That’s my brother, man. We were just playing around. We’re competitors. We’re very competitive.”
The incident started after McCoy took a big hit, and Eagles defender Brandon Graham, who was in the middle of the two men, agreed that the players need to draw the line somewhere to avoid any further altercations.
“You gotta draw the line,” Graham said. “You gotta take care of each out out here. Even when we get pads on you can’t just be out here trying to kill everybody, because we do got to have them for the season. But [Monday] is gonna be a lot of aggression.”
Hopefully the Eagles can put the little training camp scuffle behind them as they shift their focus to the start of the regular season.