{"id":860454,"date":"2026-08-19T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860454\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:28:10","slug":"saints-brock-rechsteiner-gets-in-heated-day-of-training-camp-brawls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860454\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints&#8217; Brock Rechsteiner gets in heated day of training camp brawls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer wasn\u2019t happy with his team after a joint practice with the Saints turned into \u201cfight club,\u201d as the bench boss described it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple fights broke out between the two sides during Tuesday\u2019s joint exercise in Oxnard, Calif., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/article\/dallas-cowboys-saints-fight-joint-practice-oxnard-22392954.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dallas Morning News reported<\/a>, and punches were thrown during the skirmishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that Dallas linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku was kicked out after an official saw him throw a punch, and video showed Cowboys cornerback Caelen Carson also throw a punch during a fight, although he remained in the practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/06\/sports\/saints-rookie-brock-rechsteiner-suspended-six-games-by-nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suspended Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner<\/a> \u2014 the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner \u2014 used a german-suplex-like move, as the Morning News described it, to take down Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40403712\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_Saints_Cowboys_Camp_Football_28123-e0e63-0.jpg\" alt=\"New Orleans Saints wide receiver Ronnie Bell, center, fights with members of the Dallas Cowboys, including safety Cobie Durant (2) and cornerback Derion Kendrick (15) during an NFL football joint practice, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oxnard, Calif.\" class=\"wp-image-40403712\"\/>New Orleans Saints wide receiver Ronnie Bell, center, fights with members of the Dallas Cowboys, including safety Cobie Durant (2) and cornerback Derion Kendrick (15) during an NFL football joint practice, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oxnard, Calif. AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants this,\u201d Schottenheimer told reporters. \u201cWe want to get the work in. I thought it settled down and it was very chippy early on, but it was unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur football team needs this work, and overall, I was disappointed in the work today because I didn\u2019t think we got enough good work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas coach spoke with Saints head coach Kellen Moore at one point. They did discuss ending things early if the fighting continued, but it never reached the point that made it necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40403709\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MT1USATODAY29482053-840974522-3.jpg\" alt=\"New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner (89) during training camp at Ochsner Sports Performance Center.\" class=\"wp-image-40403709\"\/>New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner (89) during training camp at Ochsner Sports Performance Center. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer said his team was going to play with an \u201cedge\u201d and wouldn\u2019t take \u201cs\u2013t from anybody.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, I don\u2019t think [the Saints] were the only ones stirring up the s\u2013t,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think we might\u2019ve been stirring it up as well. It was a sloppy practice all and all, and it\u2019s got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer wasn\u2019t happy with his team after a joint practice with the Saints turned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1234,1249,593,85,395014],"class_list":["post-860454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-fights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}