O'Connell's policy has always been that anyone who fights gets kicked out of practice.
The Vikings are headed to the Cleveland area this week for a couple joint practices with the Browns on Wednesday and Thursday. Those will be two very important, valuable days of work for everyone on Minnesota's 90-man roster, so Kevin O'Connell won't allow them to be derailed by extracurricular activity.
O'Connell has always made it clear that fighting won't be tolerated. His policy is that if you fight in a joint practice, you get kicked out and can't play in the upcoming preseason game . That's a pretty good deterrent when players are fighting for roster spots and roles. The Vikings hosted the 49ers for joint practices in 2022 and both the Titans and Cardinals last year, and of those all occurred with minimal scuffling.
"Secondly, if they were set to play in the game, trying to fight for a roster spot, they will no longer play in the game. And if they were a guy that we were going to hold out of the game, they're probably going to strap on the pads and go play a little bit in that game that weekend. That tends to be enough to hold off those guys that may be thinking about it. But at the same time, you don't want to take out the competitive side of it.
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