It was Fight Club once again at the joint-practice between the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions on Tuesday.
Just one day after a trio of fights disrupted proceedings, another altercation broke out between the Giants offense and the Lions defense.
After being taken down in the end zone, Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers appeared to swipe at Lions safety Kerby Joseph’s facemask.
Joseph took exception and swung at Nabers – leading to a flurry of punches being thrown as teammates began to surround them.
The shoving continued for some time before things began to die down and the two teams settled.
Another brawl broke out at a joint practice between the Lions and Giants on Tuesday morning
The fighting began when New York’s Malik Nabers (9) swiped at Detroit’s Kerby Joseph (31)
It was a repeat of scenes on Monday – when the two teams were involved in three fights that brought a violent energy to practice.
A first altercation broke out when there appeared to be a shoving match between Giants cornerback Dane Belton and Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown after Belton swatted the ball out of St. Brown’s hands.
Adjacent to that was a shove from Giants corner Andru Phillips on Lions pass catcher Jameson Williams.
That scuffle continued for some time – with players rushing in to get in on the action before things settled down between the opposing teams.
Minutes later, with the Giants on offense, a second fight broke out with Giants quarterback Daniel Jones at the center of things.
It’s not clear exactly what started the second altercation.
Then, when everyone thought everything was all calmed down, a third fight broke out – with Phillips at the center of things once again.
Giants general manager Joe Schoen had even seen enough and was seen in the middle of the fights trying to break them up, according to The Athletic’s Charlotte Carroll.
On Monday morning, three fights broke out between the two teams at another joint-practice
Pictured: the third of three fights between the Giants and Lions at a joint practice on Monday
(Fight Number 1)
(Fight Number 2)
(Fight Number 3)
Inter-squad practices have been known to set off fireworks in the form of fights from time to time in the preseason.
But this appears to be the first one of the preseason where altercations broke out.
The Lions and Giants don’t meet in the regular season, but they do open their preseason against each other in three days.
New York then plays at the Houston Texans before playing their stadium-mates, the New York Jets, to close out their preseason.
As for Detroit, after playing the Giants, they’ll travel to face the Kansas City Chiefs before their preseason ends with a home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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