EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Rakeem Nunez-Roches has participated in numerous joint practices in his 10-year NFL career, and he's never seen one that didn't have a fight – or fights.
"I don't even think that exists," he said today. "That's why all the fans keep their cameras out. They know something's going to pop off."
It did this morning, when at least five skirmishes, some of them including dozens of players, punctuated the Giants' practice with the Detroit Lions at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. None of them lasted particularly long, but some tempers were as hot as the 90-degree temperature. Quarterback Daniel Jones was involved in one scrum.
"It was a hot day today and it was a chippy day, and it was good for us," linebacker Bobby Okereke said. "It was great for our growth process."
Has he ever participated in a joint practice that wasn't chippy?
"No, no that's just the nature of the beast," Okereke said. "We're fine. I've had multiple joint practices. This is actually my third joint practice with the Lions. We know they're a tough, physical team and we welcome that. The competition is great for us."
"There's never gonna be a situation like this where there's not a fight but, we're focusing on the main thing," safety Dane Belton said. "At the end of the day, you gotta make plays and you gotta win. We gotta keep our composure and make plays."
Coach Brian Daboll, whose team was criticized for its performance in two practices in Detroit last year, set the tone in the morning team meeting.
"He brought the juice," running back Devin Singletary said. "He definitely brought the juice from the team meeting. He was ready to go. You could feel his energy; you always can feel his energy. But he was definitely juiced up today."
"Dabs is a competitive (coach) and that's the identity of our team," Okereke said. "We're aggressive and we're competitive and you know, we don't back down from anybody. Obviously, tempers flare, but I feel like we did a great job getting back to football at the end of that."
The extra curriculars included Detroit defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike tipping a ball from Jones' hand as he went to pass, an action that clearly displeased Giants coach Brian Daboll. On the next play, center Greg Van Roten got tangled up with two Detroit defenders, and Jones rushed over to shove one of them.
Later, Lions cornerback Morice Norris hit running back Eric Gray so hard, the latter's helmet flew off, prompting both sidelines to empty and the players gathering in the middle of the field.
On the field where the Giants offense and Lions defense worked, wide receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams had an altercation with rookie cornerback Dru Phillips.
The teams will practice together again tomorrow.
"Now that we've had a day of practice, I don't feel like tomorrow is going to be as chippy because we got to know each other," Okereke said. "We all know we're professionals trying to feed our families and compete."
The New York Giants hosted the Detroit Lions for joint practices ahead of Thursday's preseason opener.
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*Daboll and Lions coach Dan Campbell are good friends who were together on the Miami Dolphins staff in 2011 when Daboll was the offensive coordinator and Campbell was the tight ends coach.
"I appreciate our time together," Campbell said. "He is one of the smartest football minds I've been around. You talk about thinking fast, man, he tested us as a staff, and I learned a ton of football around him. He's continued to grow like any great coach has and he evolved. I mean what he was doing in Buffalo was not what we were doing there (in Miami). There were similar concepts, but he evolved with what the roster and that quarterback (Josh Allen) said he was going to evolve to, what was going to make them best, and that's what he's done here and what he will do here. He's a hell of a coach, he is. I mean you don't do what you did a year ago without being able to coach, so I got a lot of respect for Dabs."
The admiration flows in both directions.
"I got a lot of respect for Dan," Daboll said. "Dan was the tight end coach for me when I was a coordinator. He's got great energy. He is who he is. He's smart. He does a good job of motivating the guys. I'm speaking back when I was a coordinator with him, not knowing him in his role. But he's got a lot of great intangibles. I got a lot of respect for him."
*Campbell also appreciates Daboll's ability to both lose and gain weight, seemingly at will. Daboll is much thinner this summer than he was in the first two Giants seasons.
"I told him he's a chameleon," Campbell said. "This guy's unbelievable. I mean when I was working with him, he was - when he first got the job, he looked about like he does now, and then within about two months, it was (pffft approximates the sound Campbell made) and then, he's like, 'You know what, I'm going to cut it back.' And then all of a sudden, it's like three months later (pffft), he's back down to – I mean he – it's unbelievable. If he decides he's going to do this, he's going to do this. If he decides, 'I'm going to let it go, I'm going to let it go,' and I love that about him. I mean, he's rare that way. "
*Campbell was the Giants' third-round draft choice in 1999. A tight end, he played four seasons for the team before spending three seasons in Dallas and three in Detroit.
"It's always good to come back," Campbell said. "I've said this before and I'll say it again, I was drafted a Giant and I was here for four years. Some of my best friendships I had and still have are with those people that I played with here, my wife and I both. And then the Mara family will always be special to me. (Former Giants president) Mr. (Wellington) Mara, God rest his soul, was the best, and (Giants president and chief executive officer) 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. 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."
*Several prominent former Giants attended the practice today, including two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin, Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, Phil Simms, Victor Cruz, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chris Canty and Kevin Boothe, plus alumni who are frequent attendees – Carl Banks, Shaun O'Hara, Carl Banks and Jonathan Casillas.
*Center John Michael Schmitz (shoulder), tight ends Lawrence Cager (hamstring) and Jack Stoll (concussion), linebacker Tomon Fox (hamstring), and running back Jashaun Corbin (hamstring) did not practice.
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