Robert Saleh Makes Clear Which Training Camp Fights Are Allowed

Stephen Douglas | Aug 6, 2024

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh talks with media during training camp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. / Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

NFL training camps are always chock full of shoving matches, fights, skirmishes, scraps, tilts, dustups, brawls and even the occasional fracas. Obviously, not all of them are created equal.

The New York Jets had one fight in particular at training camp on Tuesday that got so bad that the media had to ask Saleh about it. According to the Jets coach, some fights are actually okay and he explained the difference after practice.

"Getting chippy is fine. It's just being responsible to one another"

Robert Saleh on the fight at today's practice pic.twitter.com/GEi2k4fPez

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“To be honest with you, getting chippy's fine," said Saleh. "It was just getting a little... It’s just being responsible. The chippiness, there’s two types of fights. There's fights where you feel like the other guy is going too hard and you need to pick it up and there's fights because you know, it looks like you're being cheap. If that makes sense. Those are the ones we want to avoid, but just overall the message being that we've got practice to finish."

It is uclear if the fight on Tuesday was good or bad or chippy or cheap.