New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was left bloodied after a fight broke out during a joint practice with the Washington Commanders at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday.
Vrabel was seen bleeding from his face after he dove into a pile of scuffling players, Zack Cox of the Boston Herald reported.
“Can’t say I’ve ever seen that before,” Cox wrote in a post on X.
The skirmish stemmed from a play in which Patriots rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson took a Commanders pass rusher to the ground in pass protection, according to Cox.
Vrabel tried to break up the players, but he took “friendly fire” when fellow Patriots rookie Will Campbell, an offensive lineman, joined the pile, Cox said.