Brian Schottenheimer makes Cowboys run after third fight breaks out at practice

Things got heated in Dallas. Then they got exhausting.

After the third fight of Cowboys practice on Monday, new head coach Brian Schottenheimer had seen enough. The result? The entire team was forced to run. Not just the players. Some coaches were made to run with the rest of the team as well.

A video shared on x.com from camp displayed coaches and  players alike doing sprints across the field in the aftermath of the mayhem. One fight might be intensity. Two is pushing it. But three? That’s a message moment. And Schottenheimer delivered one here and made sure everyone got the message.

The exact players involved in each scuffle haven’t been confirmed, but this wasn’t just the typical training camp energy. The tone shifted. The staff wasn’t laughing it off.

Schottenheimer, who’s known for his intensity and no-nonsense approach, made sure practice didn’t just continue as normal. He turned it into a conditioning session, forcing players to run as a reminder that the team isn’t above accountability.

This kind of moment can go one of two ways. Either it breaks a team apart, or it forges one that actually listens. With expectations high and pressure already mounting, the Cowboys don’t have time for internal distractions.

For a team that’s looking for an identity under new leadership on the field this could be a crossroads of what the same is going to entail.

They came to camp to compete. Schottenheimer just reminded them it starts with control.