{"id":412309,"date":"2026-08-20T23:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412309\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:06:09","slug":"jerry-jones-appealing-cowboys-500k-fine-after-fight-filled-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412309\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones appealing Cowboys&#8217; $500K fine after fight-filled practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each team was fined that amount after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/article\/cowboys-saints-joint-practice-highlights-22393150.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"> numerous skirmishes<\/a> broke out between the teams Tuesday, with safety\u00a0Jalen Thompson getting suplexed by the Saints&#8217; Brock Rechsteiner, who is the son of WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Scott Steiner.<\/p>\n<p>Cornerback Caelen Carson and edge rusher Donovan Ezeiruaku were kicked out of practice for throwing punches and edge rusher Sam Williams was also in another skirmish where it appeared a punch was thrown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we will appeal. And that\u2019s pretty harsh. I mean, pretty stiff, not harsh, but stiff,\u201d Jones said after Thursday\u2019s practice. \u201cBut it does make the point that it\u2019s a serious matter and it starts with everybody at all levels of a club to, and at clubs in this case, where two are practicing together. It really emphasizes the league\u2019s intent to control it from the very top, which when they start dealing out those kinds of fines, they get your attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL sent a memo to teams in July reminding them of their responsibility in preventing unsportsmanlike behavior at joint practices. Players and coaches are also subject to fines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones said the Cowboys will fine several of their players for their actions in the practice against the Saints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that you have to have consequences and that needs to register,\u201d Jones said when asked about Ezeiruaku. \u201cIn other words, we all know whether you\u2019re playing a game or out here in society, if you aren\u2019t sensitive about the consequences of your behavior, then you\u2019ll get brought to your knees pretty quick. And so this is something that I, knowing him, I think he has the capability of being sensitive to consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys had another incident, this time with each other, during Thursday\u2019s practice between tight end Jake Ferguson and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown. Ferguson took exception\u00a0to getting hit and threw the ball at Overshown. The two had to be separated after a brief scrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each team was fined that amount after numerous skirmishes broke out between the teams Tuesday, with safety\u00a0Jalen Thompson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-412309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}