Practice went a little overboard on Sunday as a fight broke out between Dallas Cowboys fullback Tyler Clutts and safety Jeff Heath.

Watch in the video below as the two players go at it after a short pass completion during team drills.



This started a mini-skirmish of players defending one another after the initial "gloves dropped" moment. Heath appeared to be the instigator, but both players kind of mutually attacked each other.

“I got a little frustrated with [the shot], and he was just playing fast and it was a competitive situation, so it was just both of us letting our emotions take control,” Clutts said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We’re just as good a buddies when we walk into the locker room. It happens out on the football field. Like I said, it’s good to see feistiness. I’d be a little disappointed if some of that didn’t go on.”

These kinds of scuffles happen at training camps across the NFL. It's not uncommon for two players to get a little frustrated with each other after battling for several weeks.

“If you look at training camps all around the NFL, it happens pretty much on a daily basis, so it’s happened before and we treat it the same every time,” Heath said. “We do what we have to do and then after it we’re teammates again and I’ve already talked to him, so we’re good.”

Great. But that still leaves one question, who would have won the fight if it wasn't broken up?

“I’m not going to say I was a California state wrestling champion, but I’m also not denying that fact,” Clutts said. “I don’t know. I think if he would have gone to the ground, I would have had the advantage.”

At the end of the day, it's a good thing that no players were hurt as a result of the fight. Player safety is most important at training camp, especially when there's scuffles between teammates.