During a noticeably fraught practice in what has been an aggressive training camp, Schottenheimer stepped in Wednesday after a heated red-zone drill led to the third fight of the day. The new coach pulled the team together for a lengthy and expletive-filled speech before sending players back out to start running sideline to sideline.

Training camp for the Dallas Cowboys has already been a physical one. Offensive guard Robert Jones broke a bone in his neck, tackle Tyler Guyton is on the mend with a bone fracture and cornerback Caelen Carson hyperextended his knee. Wednesday in Oxnard, California, featured a different kind of unwanted physicality: Fights.