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Jets-Giants joint practice erupts as tempers flare and fights erupt

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When the New York Jets and New York Giants share a practice field, tempers have a history of boiling over. Joint practices between these teams have often been far from cordial, at least when looking at the history shared between the two franchises.

The close proximity, combined with the inherent city rivalry, tends to turn otherwise controlled drills into skirmishes and sometimes all-out brawls. It's why the two teams opted not to have joint practices with each other for close to two decades.

On Wednesday, we got a slight glimpse of the old days of Jets-Giants joint practices.