A brawl nearly erupted between the Patriots and Bears at Monday’s joint training camp practice.
Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler and Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery reportedly got into it and exchanged some words, and that’s when things got heated. The two then got into a shoving match and grabbed each other’s face mask.
Players from both teams then came in to help, but the good news is there were enough cooler heads that prevailed and separated players before a brawl broke out.
Picture of the Malcolm Butler/Alshon Jeffery fight at practice today that got Butler ejected. pic.twitter.com/vX7MnAQn1s
— PatsNews (@PatsNews1) August 15, 2016
End of Malcolm Butler- Alshon Jeffery fight at Patriots Bears joint practice pic.twitter.com/lwSTOQrHOt
— Colin McDonough (@McDTwin2) August 15, 2016
Butler was rejected from practice, while Jeffery watched the rest of 11-on-11 from the sideline (via Zack Cox of NESN.com).