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Jerry Jones loved seeing Dez Bryant brawl at practice

Frank Schwab
·NFL writer

Life around the Dallas Cowboys is just a little different.

If you didn't know that already, it probably became clear when the Cowboys' Twitter feed proudly shared a clip of star receiver Dez Bryant and cornerback Tyler Patmon throwing haymakers at each other when tempers got hot at practice.

And what did owner Jerry Jones think of Bryant, his new $70 million investment, fighting a teammate at training camp?

“That’s good stuff," Jones said, according to the Dallas Morning News. "That’s training camp. Now that’s not new. That’s been happening at our training camps for years and years and years. It is a throwback to the years when you saw Michael Irvin out here, Deion [Sanders] and those guys.”

It isn't new for teammates to fight at training camp, although many coaches hate it because of the risk of injury. And I think there's probably one owner in the NFL who reacts to a fight like that by saying, "That's good stuff." Jerry is the best, isn't he?

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The fight sounded pretty heated, with not just helmets knocked off and punches thrown on the field, but the Morning News said words continued to be exchanged on the sideline and more punches were thrown there. But after practice the two hugged, the Morning News said. This is nothing out of the ordinary. Training camp is hot and a physical grind and teammates get hacked off hitting each other every day for a few weeks.

But like everything else, it's just seems a little bigger when the Cowboys are involved.

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Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdown.corner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!