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After 2 practice fights, Jets forced to run sprints

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Fisticuffs won't be tolerated in the Jets' locker room -- or on the practice field.

Tempers reached a boiling point Sunday when two skirmishes broke out during 11-on-11 drills. So Todd Bowles stopped practice and made his entire team run gassers, five back-and-forth sprints across the length of the practice field.

Practice fights are something Bowles won't condone. That was his approach even before Tuesday's locker-room altercation in which a punch from former Jet Ikemefuna Enemkpali broke Geno Smith's jaw.

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"We've got to take care of each other at the same time,'' Bowles said.