Tensions have been flaring across the NFL during the ramp up to the regular season. The innate physicality of the sport has the ability to boil over after the play is whistled dead. Just ask the New York Giants and Detroit Lions who got into numerous scuffles during their joint practices last week.
The New England Patriots are next in line for a joint practice as they host the Philadelphia Eagles. Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo is well aware of the potential for fights during this time, so he laid out ground rules for his team as it pertained to getting into physical altercations.