WESTFIELD, Indiana -- Freddie Kitchens has made it clear during team practices in Berea that the Browns don’t practice penalties. It’s why the entire group ran gassers after Chad Thomas and Pharaoh Brown got into a fight a few weeks ago.

Kitchens reiterated that stance before the team left.

“You saw what happened last time (players fought),” he said. “It does not matter to me. Whatever they want to do. We do not practice penalties, so if we start practicing penalties, there are consequences.”

Then, Wednesday’s first joint practice against the Colts featured a fight. Former Colts defensive back Lenzy Pipkins went at it with Colts running back D’Onta Foreman. Players from both sides mixed in with Browns defensive back Tigie Sankoh not hesitating to jump in the fray. Even Myles Garrett, who was on the sideline talking with his dad when the fracas broke out, ended up on the periphery of things.

Kitchens didn’t see the dustup -- the offense was working on a different field than the defense. Kitchens’ playcalling responsibilities kept him on the opposite field.

So he hadn’t talked about any consequences yet and, as he usually does, said he’ll keep whatever conversations are had in-house. He did make a proclamation, however, one that sounds a little different than the tone he’s previously set on the issue.

“I told them we're not taking anything either,” Kitchens said, “so we'll see what caused it and what happened and then evaluate the situation, but we're not going to take anything from anybody.”

If the first edition of Camp Kitchens has a theme, it is its physical nature and Kitchens working to set a tone for his team. On the one hand, his comments on Wednesday might fly in the face of what he previously said, but, on the other, part of the identity Kitchens wants to instill is that of being the tougher team.

“We’re not going to get penalties against our own team when we’re in (the team’s training facility in) Berea,” Kitchens said, "but we’re not going to come in here and take anything either.”

Linebacker Christian Kirksey said the Browns aren’t looking to fight and they need to conduct themselves professionally, but he knows the team needs to defend itself.

“We’re not going to take anything from a player doing anything they’re not supposed to do,” Kirksey said. “You’re not going to do that. You’re going to take up for your teammates, but we’re all professionals and we’ve got to handle ourselves accordingly.”

“At some point you've got to stand up for yourself,” Kitchens said. “If it's a penalty, it's a penalty.”

That doesn’t mean his team is going to start getting away with fighting.

“I better not see a lot of fights or we’re going to line up and run here,” Kitchens said, “and they know that and they’ve been told that.”