Earl Thomas, Chuck Clark have “heated confrontation” at exercise

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Instruction-camp methods commonly entail gamers from various sides of the line of scrimmage, who have been pushing and shoving and hitting and in any other case agitating every other for days if not months. When teammates on the same aspect of the ball fight in August, a thing else might be happening.

For the Ravens on Friday, a pair of gamers who enjoy the identical situation obtained into it.

By way of Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun, safeties Earl Thomas and Chuck Clark had a “heated confrontation.” As Shaffer clarifies it, a sideline argument late in the morning observe turned a thing a lot more than that, with Clark remaining held back by teammates and Thomas balling his fists. The situation flashed once again later in practice, with cornerback Marlon Humphrey restraining Clark, and Clark quickly right after that leaving the practice discipline.

Clark was scheduled to converse to reporters on Friday, but his videoconference was canceled. Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports that Thomas was despatched property right after the altercation.

“We’ll find out the information of it,” mentor John Harbaugh stated about the fracas. “It just lasted for a longer time than it necessary to for me. You are likely to have these issues in education camp. I assume you’re heading to have tempers flare, certain. It occurs just about every instruction camp, specially appropriate about now, most likely. But I never like them when they increase like that and try to eat into our reps, and we’re likely to have to come across out why and make absolutely sure that does not take place. We want to retain our eye on the prize, which is preparing for the Browns.”

Jason LaCanfora and Ken Weinman of 105.7 the Fan in Baltimore afterwards explained that “there is mounting annoyance” among the team’s defensive backs pertaining to Thomas. There are issued, they stated, with Thomas staying “punctual and focused” and “not freelancing.” Also, some veterans think 3rd-12 months professional DeShon Elliott should get a lot more reps in follow.

Irrespective of the thoughts of the other players, Thomas is likely nowhere. His 2019 contract features a fully-guaranteed $10 million salary in 2020, along with $15 million in signing-bonus cash that has still to strike the cap. However, it appears that pushback may well be starting from in, and it will be fascinating to see exactly where it goes from below — specially if the instincts of the other Ravens players are proven by factors that occur when the genuine video games commence in 22 times.