Brian Schottenheimer has forgotten the first rule of Fight Club.
The Dallas Cowboys’ joint practice with the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday at times looked more like a wrestling meet than a football scrimmage. There were reportedly double-digit skirmishes throughout the session, meaning there was an interruption about every 10 to 15 minutes or so.
The fights were so rampant that Schottenheimer felt the need to update his LinkedIn profile with a new job title.
“Right now, I’m in charge of Fight Club,” Schottenheimer told reporters after the joint practice, via Joseph Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News.
“We’re going to play on the edge and we’re not going to take … s— from anybody,” Schottenheimer said. “But at the same time, I don’t think [the Saints] were the only ones stirring up the s—. I think we might’ve been stirring it up as well. It was a sloppy practice all and all and it’s got to be better.”
Schottenheimer clearly was not paying attention to the rules of Fight Club during the franchise orientation conducted by Brad Pitt and/or Edward Norton. But in all fairness to him, some of the fights were so intense that they deserved mentioning.
Check out Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner, son of WWE legend Scott Steiner, lay the smackdown on Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson.
BAH GAWD THAT'S BROCK RECHSTEINER'S MUSIC!#Saints and #Cowboys in another huge fight.
— NOF (@nofnetwork) August 18, 2026
Wait for the slam at 0:17: pic.twitter.com/hDt71jfnbC
The incident was a WWE-style skirmish, complete with Rechsteiner executing his suplex on the wrong man. The Saints wideout had been beefing with cornerback Caelen Carson but ended up grappling with Thompson.
That’s NFL Fight Club, for you.
