Daniel Jones, GM Joe Schoen involved in Giants training camp fights during joint practice with Lions
With training camp now underway for all 32 NFL teams, tempers flaring at practice between the offense and defense is a common occurrence. A fight is even more likely in joint practice situations when teams finally get to square off in a physical, competitive setting against members of another team.
The New York Giants and the Detroit Lions had several scuffles during their joint practice on Monday at Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey in front of a crowd of fans. A multitude of separate instances where large groups of players were seen shoving one another and punches were even thrown between both teams.
New York Giants starting quarterback Daniel Jones was involved in one of the skirmishes, a sight that organizations and fans alike especially never want to see at practice. With Giants’ general manager Joe Schoen even getting in on one of the fights in an attempt to break up the altercations. Both of which can be seen below.
Another angle of Jones’ respective fight shows him getting right in the thick of the action. Shoving a Detroit defensive lineman in defense of one of his offensive linemen behind a run play during a competitive team period. Apparently following a play where Jones’ arm was hit by a Detroit defender to the displeasure of Giants head coach Brian Daboll.
Schoen had seen enough of the scuffling between the two teams as well and tried his best to separate one of the fights. Coming off of the sidelines for one of the altercations alongside other staffers in an attempt to deescalate the situation. Which Lions head coach Dan Campbell did as well, a former player for the Giants who was selected in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft with the No. 79 overall pick by New York.
“It’s always good to come back and I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again. I was drafted a Giant and I was here for four years, some of best friendships I had and still have are with those people that I played with here, my wife and I both,” Campbell said ahead of the joint practice. “And then the Mara family will always be special to me. Mr. Mayor, God rest his soul, was the best and and John Mara, I have a ton of respect for.”
“There’s a ton of people that are still here in the organization that I was with and so they’ll always be near and dear to my heart. And this place, it’s always going to give you that sense of what it was when you were here,” Campbell added. “So yeah, it’s special to be back and I appreciate being back and I appreciate the people in this organization very much. Because they gave me a go and I probably wouldn’t be here had it not been for them.”
Campbell’s players did not exactly have the same warm-heartedness for the Giants in the way their head coach did. But thankfully no players were injured during the various scuffles and the two teams will be able to square off for all to see in a preseason matchup on Thursday at MetLife Stadium.