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■ Practice was supercharged during and after a high-velocity run drill and fights broke out everywhere. Here are the bouts that took place among the players:

■ ILB Jamari Lattimore vs. OG Josh Sitton: Lattimore didn't like something Sitton said or did after the defense got gashed by RB Eddie Lacy. As Sitton walked back to the huddle, Lattimore ran over and two-hand shoved him. That caused all heck to break loose. Practically every player involved in the drill joined the scrum.

■ NT B.J. Raji vs. C Corey Linsley: Linsley held onto Raji's jersey a little too long and Raji jostled with him. OT Derek Sherrod came over to protect Linsley, but no scrum materialized and it was broken up quickly.

■ WR Jeff Janis vs. CB Antonio Dennard: These two must have been going at it in previous plays because what turned out to be a routine block by Janis on a running play quickly escalated into shoving and before long, the 6-3, 219-pound Janis threw the 5-11, 189-pound Dennard onto the ground. A huge scrum ensued and it took awhile for things to get broken up.

■ CB Jarrett Bush vs. OG T.J. Lang: Bush can be a pest with how consistently hard he plays and Lang apparently decided to swat him away at the end of short-yardage play. Bush was having none of it and came back roaring mad after Lang pushed him, throwing a few haymakers before the scrum took over and things calmed down.

■ WR Gerrard Sheppard vs. S Sean Richardson: Just before the end of practice, these two tangled, causing yet another scrum. But at this point, players seemed too tired to carry things out much further than some pushing and shoving.

 

  

 

Packers camp report: Wednesday at a glance

 
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However, I tire of football announcers who constantly refer to the struggle for a loose ball during a game a scrum.  The only thing close to an actual rugby scrum in American football is the snap at the line of scrimmage, which came from the scrum.  When players are going for a loose ball, that is more like a ruck.

 

Originally Posted by GoldieFoo:

■ NT B.J. Raji vs. C Corey Linsley: Linsley held onto Raji's jersey a little too long and Raji jostled with him

Last call at O'Pukey's Pub right next to Denny's at 3 AM is a bad combo.

 

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