It’s the last day of training camp for the Miami Dolphins, and it appears that tempers have reached a boil.
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that a brawl broke out involving several players at this morning’s practice.
The fight started on what looked like a routine play, with cornerback Will Allen covering receiver David Kircus on a deep pass. But it quickly became far from routine, as, Salguero writes, “Allen began punching on Kircus who fell to the turf and basically went into a fetal position as Allen stood over him.”
(It’s surprising that Kircus didn’t fight back. Apparently Kircus only punches people when he’s at the end of their driveways.)
But even though Kircus didn’t want the fight to escalate, other Dolphins did. Once Allen stopped pummeling Kircus, he started to walk back toward the line of scrimmage. That’s when an offensive player decided to go after Allen and began to punch him. Salguero says no one is sure which offensive player went after Allen; depending on which reporter you ask it was either Reagan Mauia, or Anthony Fasano, or Sean Ryan or Boomer Grigsby.
And it still wasn’t over after that unidentified offensive player went after Allen. A bunch of defensive players rushed in to help Allen, and then some offensive players joined in, and a full-fledged rumble was going on, and all the coaches could do was blow their whistles.
The fight eventually broke up, and practice was restored. Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post reports that Kircus wanted no part of Allen, and that Kircus was the last player to leave the practice field.
Initial indications are that no one was injured in the brawl. We’ll see whether Dolphins coach Tony Sparano follows the precedent set by Panthers coach John Fox and hands out any two-game suspensions.
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Well they gotta beat someone.
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am
What a bunch of idiots. Is Parcells fupa going to tolerate this kind of behavior?
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Good luck, Tuna. hahaha
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:56 am
It’s good to see Allen doing something with his hands. Lord knows he can’t catch with them.
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August 14th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Maybe Kircus owed Allen some money…
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Is there any chance that the Comish told John Fox either he needed to suspend Steve Smith, or the Leauge Would?
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Chad “Bad Influence” Pennington was probably the Unknown Offensive Player. That’s probably why his shoulder has yet to heal.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
punching a dude in a helmet is a lot different than pummeling some dude without gear. gotta wonder if the genius swung at a helmet or not. hockey and lax players learn early to leave gloves on during a full pads fight, but football players don’t have any hand protection.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
otoh, maybe allen owed kircus some money.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I am surprised and impressed that Kircus kept his composure. Fighting again would have probily ment the end of his brief NFL career.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Maybe Kircus already knows hes on thin ice when it comes to character issues and seeing he probably would have been called a “Turd” if he did otherwise, made the tough decision to just chill out.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
suspensions? i doubt it. Steve Smith was not suspended 2 games for just throwing punches at a teammate that one time. there was you know, previous fights, being an ahole, etc, etc. Allen has had previous other ‘issues’ so maybe, but again, thats not getting one for ‘just’ a fight.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
“(It’s surprising that Kircus didn’t fight back. Apparently Kircus only punches people when he’s at the end of their driveways.)”
Yeah, he should have “man’d up” and pummelled Allen. You guys are as retarded as these athletes sometimes.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Guys, guys….you won ONE GAME last year. Settle down and concentrate on football and not this macho chit!
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I heard Kircus had a nose job.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Looks like Kircus learned from his off-field mistakes, while Allen did not.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
He MUST have said something about his momma!
This is going to be one SAD team!!! I see the bump-n-fetal defense working all year.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
ah those crazy dolphins.
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Gotta wonder how much Parcells paid someone to start that fight?
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Sounds like more gambling debt problems? At least Allen didn’t pull a gun this time…
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Boy, if you’re a team with character issues it would be best if you could at least ATTEMPT to rationalize it by, I don’t know, winning more than a game! Eeeek! Imagine both sucking and being a team that’s chock full of turds?
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
“You can’t really call that a brawl unless someone’s nose is broken.”
Steve Smith
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
oy
:fingers to the bridge of my nose:
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August 14th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Dolphin safe Tuna….
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August 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Whenever I read stories like these, the only thing that surprises me is that David Kircus is still in the league. Not that he’s trouble, but he really shouldn’t be talented enough to find work. Even on the Dolphins.
Heck, even as a WR on the Bears.
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