Watch: Late hit on new Texans WR leads to training-camp fight

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Watch: Late hit on new Texans star leads to multi-player fight at training camp

By Michael Gallagher | Last updated Jul 25, 2024 8:17 AM ET

It took just two days before the Houston Texans were fighting each other.

During Wednesday’s training camp practice, an after-the-whistle skirmish turned into a multi-player scrap that involved new star receiver Stefon Diggs, cornerback Derek Stingley Jr., tight end Dalton Schultz and safety Jimmie Ward.

After catching a C.J. Stroud pass in the middle of the field, Diggs took a late hit from Ward along the sideline that led to an exchange of words.

Not taking kindly to what happened in front of him, Schultz confronted Ward about his actions, which prompted Stingley to cheap shot the 6-foot-5 tight end as the former emerged from a pile of players.

To me this is how it looked like the fight went down:

Jimmie Ward hits Diggs late on a slide
Schultz goes at Ward
Schuffle starts and gets broken up
After broken up Stingley comes in and completely knocks Schultz to the ground pic.twitter.com/1htbBWmDMa
— Jacob (@Stroud4AllPro) July 24, 2024

Stingley and Shultz get into in camp #Texans #traningcamp #houstontexans pic.twitter.com/XtsrhLkms1
— Rob (@YouGewdBro) July 24, 2024

While Diggs is known for his polarizing personality and his penchant for talking trash between plays, there’s no evidence to suggest he was actually physically involved in the altercation.

Based on last year’s fight when former Texans running back Devin Singletary mixed things up with linebacker Christian Harris, we know head coach DeMeco Ryans doesn’t have a problem with his players hashing things out in practice during camp.

“That’s what training camp is about,” Ryans said at the time. “Sometimes, you’re going to get tired of hitting the same guy over and over again. … Of course, we want to keep guys safe and keep guys up, but it’s going to get a little edgy, it’s going to get a little chippy and that’s how I want to play.”

Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher is a longtime sports journalist based out of Nashville with a decade of experience covering college football, mixed martial arts and prep sports plus the NFL and NHL — specifically the Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators. He’s covered several notable sporting events including an AFC Championship game, a Stanley Cup Final, an NHL All-Star Game and an NHL Stadium Series. Some of his past bylines can be found at the Nashville Scene, SB Nation, The Hockey News and Fox Sports Knoxville

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