RILEY COOPER AND CARY WILLIAMS SCUFFLE

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Riley Cooper, Cary Williams scuffle
Updated: September 5, 2013, 2:26 PM ET
By Phil Sheridan | ESPN.com

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper and cornerback Cary Williams had to be separated by teammates -- twice -- after getting into a shoving match at practice Thursday morning.


AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Michael Vick had to hold back Cary Williams from Riley Cooper during a scuffle at Thursday's practice.

Cooper made headlines early in training camp when a video surfaced of him using a racial epithet at a June concert. Williams was one of several African-American players on the Eagles who expressed concern about being able to accept the fourth-year pro as a teammate, but the matter receded beneath the surface as the Eagles got on with camp and the preseason.

Williams was covering Cooper during a noncontact drill Thursday when the two got hold of each other and began scuffling. It was impossible to hear what they were saying, if anything, over the loud music coach Chip Kelly favors during practice.

Cornerback Brandon Boykin helped separate the two. Cooper walked off, but Williams threw his helmet to the ground and pursued him. At that point, quarterback Michael Vick grabbed Williams and calmed him down.

Williams has a history of losing his temper on the field. He was sidelined during a joint practice with the New England Patriots after getting into a facemask-grabbing situation after a play. Williams was fined a couple of times last season while he was with the Baltimore Ravens. He and DeSean Jackson were each fined $10,000 for tussling during a game in September, and Williams was fined $15,750 for a late hit in a game against the Denver Broncos. He avoided punishment for shoving an official during the Super Bowl.

Cooper was fined by the Eagles after the video of him at a Kenny Chesney concert appeared on Crossing Broad, a Philadelphia-based website. He left camp for a few days to seek advice and regroup then rejoined the team.

COMMENTS:

Corey Perdew
I don't believe in using the n word due to its hateful and vicious past. But in today's culture you can’t be surprised that someone said it. I do not advocate cooper using the word, because I find that it should not be used. However, as a young man attending college, I hear this word used on a very consistent basis. It has become a double edged sword. If you’re black, it's OK to use the word. If you’re white, then you best not say it or a target is on your back. If someone hates this word so much then why use it? I hear this word in songs every day without anyone seeming to care, but someone finds out that someone like paula dean said it in her past and people want to stone her to death. I don't understand the double standard that this word has come to bring. How is racism ever supposed to be forgotten if people won't stop using the word most symbolic of it?

Keith Mcleod
Well said Corey and I’m a black man. We do need to get rid of the word even though in the black community its used as a form of endearment. But in order for us to improve race relations in this country we need to stop saying it period. Thanks for reading my two cents.

 

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