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Browns guard Joel Bitonio accuses Eagles players of taking 'cheap shots' at Deshaun Watson

Tuesday's joint practice between the Cleveland Browns and the Philadelphia Eagles got a little too chippy for Joel Bitonio's liking. Specifically, the Browns guard didn't like how some Eagles defenders were playing against quarterback Deshaun Watson.

“I mean it’s just in our practice, you protect the quarterback,” Bitonio said Tuesday. “You don’t want to come close to the quarterback, you don’t want to take cheap shots, things like that where there might’ve been a couple of questionable plays both ways today.”

Bitonio added that Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat knocked the ball out of Watson's hand during a play.