INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears got through their joint practice without any punches being thrown.

"This is a class organization, so we understand and know how to practice," Colts linebacker Jerrell Freeman said. "We did pretty good as far as competing. ... We know how to act. We're out here to get work done. We can leave all that other stuff to everybody else. We're out here getting some work done, that's what we're here for."

Colts coach Chuck Pagano and Bears coach John Fox stressed to the players on their teams they were not going to tolerate fighting during the practice.

The message from the two coaches came after ugly incidents between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams during their joint practices.

"Everybody's out here and it gets chippy," Freeman said. "Everybody wants a job. A lot of guys who are fighting for their lives out there. It's how it is. It's a lot of competition. You have to be professional. You get in a fight out there and get hurt you're done. You have to go out there and understand you have work to do."

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said the Colts defense won the day Wednesday. As far as the offense, quarterback Andrew Luck was, well, Andrew Luck throwing the football and finding open receivers.

A promising sign was running back Frank Gore's impressive running during drills against the Bears defense. Gore runs with a purpose, he sees a hole and he attacks it.

"(The Bears defense) don't know your offense and they're not reacting as quickly as our defense would have because they see it every day in practice," Colts tight end Dwayne Allen said. "It was definitely a more realistic look. Holes were opening up and we were able to run the ball."

As far as injuries, left guard Hugh Thornton left practice early with a knee injury, the medical staff pulled defensive end Kendall Langford from practice early for precautionary reasons, cornerback Vontae Davis returned to practice Wednesday but was limited as a precaution and receiver Quan Bray suffered a groin injury.