Dolphins' Will Allen Puts the Beatdown on Teammate ... David Kircus? Really?

We're wrapping up the second week of training camp for most NFL teams, which means the monotony is growing, the injuries are mounting, and the tempers are flaring. Take, for example, the Miami Dolphins.

During yesterday's practice, cornerback Will Allen and wideout David Kircus got into a tussle during what appeared to be an otherwise ordinary pass play. Turns out, things didn't get interesting until the ball fell incomplete. Then it was on like Donkey Kong. Via the Miami Herald's Armando Salguero:

Allen began punching on Kircus who fell to the turf and basically went into a fetal position as Allen stood over him.

The distribution of punches from Allen lasted for about five seconds then he apparently realized Kircus wasn't fighting back. So Allen stopped and as he was walking back to the line of scrimmage an unidentified offensive player (some reporters believe it was Reagan Mauia, or Anthony Fasano, or Sean Ryan or Boomer Grigsby) tackled Allen and started whooping on him.

Catfight! Catfight!

Actually, Salguero writes that that's when things started getting crazy. Defensive players came to Allen's, um, defense, and those offensive players not yet involved in the fracas joined the fun. It took about 45 seconds for the coaches to restore order, and head coach Tony Sparano was, in Salguero's words, "seen remonstrating with Allen afterward." I'm pretty sure that's bad.

Good news for the Dolphins, however: training camp is officially over so the next time Allen tries to kick Kircus' ass it'll be at the team facility.The medical facilities are much less spartan there.

Hat tip: PFT