Broncos wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Courtland Sutton got in a fight during practice Monday and had to be separated.
“I don’t know all of the details of it,” coach Vic Fangio said after practice. “It kind of happened about 10 minutes before I even found out about it because I was on the other side of the field. Obviously, it’s not good. Can’t happen, shouldn’t happen, but you have to be able to react to these things and handle them the right way.”
The fight settled down and Sanders and Sutton appear to have moved on. Second-year outside linebacker Bradley Chubb attributed the spat to a brotherhood bond in the locker room.
“Do all of you have brothers?” Chubb asked media members after practice. “You all have brothers. I have an older brother I use to bug the hell out of. He used to hit me, I use to hit him, we used to fight back and forth. It’s just what brothers do.
“We’ve been around each other for what 15, 20 days now? You probably get tired of seeing somebody’s face. It’s all that brotherhood. But at the end of the day, we still love each other. We’re still going to come together and do things for the [good] of the team.”
Fangio spoke to the entire team after the fight and got things sorted out.
“[He] addressed the issue between those guys and made them kiss and make up,” safety Kareem Jackson said after practice. “It was alright after that. I’m sure they are fine.”
