Bucs head coach Bruce Arians told his team that he would not tolerate fights in practice during training camp. That applied to Bucs teammates fighting each other, and especially when Tampa Bay hosted Tennessee in joint practices.

Just the other day Arians said, “Mike [Vrabel] and I have a great agreement. Neither one of us condones fighting, so there is not going to be any of that crap.”

Arians spoke too soon.

After an uneventful first day of practice on Wednesday things got quite chippy on Thursday.

Veteran wide receiver Antonio Brown got into a fight with Titans defensive backs Chris Jackson and Clayton Geathers during Thursday’s practice at the AdventHealth Training Center. Brown, who was having his way with the Titans secondary at the start of practice, was complaining about being held him. He confronted Geathers and Jackson Brown ripped off the Titan’s helmet and started throwing punches.

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Arians told Brown to cool off afterwards and he was removed from the 1-on-1 sessions.

But he returned to practice and participated in the 7-on-7 session.

Moments later, another scuffle took place – this time with Bucs cornerback Herb Miller.

Miller was not kicked out of practice because he was not the aggressor.

Then during a special teams period, rookie linebacker K.J. Britt and defensive end Pat O’Connor and a Titans player got involved in a scuffle and had to be separated as both teams came together. But the two teams weren’t done.

And with just under an hour left in practice – the skirmishes weren’t over.