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Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler expressed little concern about his one-game suspension Malcom Brown Jersey , his shoulder injury or his future with the franchise.

The 23-year-old Fowler was equally nonchalant about the progress he seemingly made in the past year.

"Did I go to jail?" he said following the team's first training camp practice Thursday. "There we go."

Fowler spoke publicly for the first time since the NFL suspended him without pay for the season opener at the New York Giants, a one-game penalty for attacking a man in a parking lot near his hometown in July 2017.

Fowler eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery, criminal mischief and petty theft. The case was closed in March, with Fowler sentenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service.

The NFL handed down its punishment last week.

"We really already knew it was going to happen," said Fowler, who will be eligible to play Week 2 against New England. "It's a situation that happened last year so the NFL finally took it into their hands this year. We talked and they told me what it was going to be. I just appreciate them hearing me out, hearing my side of the story. It could have always been worse, so I'm going to just take this game and be ready when we come back for the Patriots."

The suspension will cost him $214,000.

Missing additional games could cost him even more.

The Jaguars declined to exercise the fifth-year option in Fowler's rookie contract in May, likely meaning the third overall pick in the 2015 draft will become a free agent after this season.

A career year could mean a lucrative deal elsewhere.

"Go out there and play as best as I can every Sunday," he said. "That's it."

Fowler has 53 tackles and 12 sacks in two seasons. He missed his rookie year after tearing a ligament in his left knee during the first day of a rookie minicamp.

He played in every game since his return Terrell Owens Jersey , but mostly as a backup to Pro Bowler Yannick Ngakoue. The Jags apparently don't view Fowler in the team's long-term plans, which is why they declined to pay him $14.2 million in 2019.

His off-filed troubles are partly to blame.

The former Florida standout was arrested last year after confronting a 55-year-old man who made a comment about his driving. St. Petersburg police said Fowler exchanged words with the man before hitting him and knocking off his glasses. Fowler then stepped on the glasses before taking the man's grocery bag and tossing it in a lake.

Fowler also was arrested in Miami Beach in March 2016 and charged with misdemeanor counts of assault against a police officer and resisting arrest without violence. The charges were later dropped. That arrest came a little more than two weeks after a video surfaced showing Fowler refereeing a violent fight between his girlfriend and an ex-girlfriend. He also has a long list of traffic violations.

"It is something where you have to go out every day and you have to prove (yourself) until you get to a level of consistency where there is trust," coach Doug Marrone said. "I think it is a matter of doing the right things each and every day, and we will see how it goes."

Fowler's health is his biggest concern these days.

He injured his left shoulder late last season and opened camp on the physically unable to perform list. Incapable of lifting weights for part of the offseason, Fowler lost some pounds. But much like everything else, he doesn't see it as a concern.

"Well, I'm actually big," he said with a smile. "I honestly think it won't matter. It doesn't matter. Weight does not matter with this one. I'm a straight dog. It don't matter. Once I put on them pads, it's a wrap. I'm just getting stronger. Coaches are looking out for me and being concerned and looking out for my health, so all I can do is just get stronger and you guys will know when I'm out there again."

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Trumaine Johnson shoved Morgan Moses after a play Richard Sherman Jersey , Trent Williams came to his teammate’s defense and within seconds the multiplayer melee spilled into the crowd.

And that was just Day One of the joint workouts between the New York Jets and Washington Redskins.

Tempers have flared at times between Jets and Redskins players, though things were calmer Monday after a couple of fights and a handful of skirmishes marred their first practice together. But a day of being on their best behavior could be more of an anomaly than a Kumbaya trend leading up to their third and final practice Tuesday and preseason matchup Thursday.

“A bunch of young guys. It’s to be expected,” veteran Redskins tight end Vernon Davis said. “We can’t control what the Jets are doing. They have to be on the same wavelength when it comes to going out there and practicing smart and practicing better. And if they’re not, then someone from our side is going to respond. It could get out of control.”

The majority of players and coaches were annoyed that fights overshadowed the benefits the joint workouts: getting to see action against another team outside of games. Washington running back Chris Thompson and some teammates, who were around when fights broke out with the Houston Texans at training camp in 2015, even questioned the wisdom of bringing another team in — which the Redskins didn’t do either of the past two years.

“I think you ask around the league, I think a lot of guys will probably say they don’t really care for the joint practices just because of things like this happening,” Thompson said. “There’s not many joint practices where you don’t have fights.”

Knowing the Jets were coming to town, linebacker Zach Brown said former Redskins teammate Terrelle Pryor should watch out if he makes one-handed catches. Brown said over the weekend the situation would be fine but cast doubt on Pryor practicing, which he wasn’t wrong about because the receiver revealed he broke his ankle in May and is still working to be 100 percent.

Pryor, whose operation was previously referred to as a cleanup Stephen Hauschka Jersey , flashed a smile and said it’s a miracle — “it’s amazing” — he’s on the field. He doesn’t think it’s a miracle that the Jets and Redskins managed to cool down after pushing, shoving and swinging at each other Sunday.

“We’re all trying to get to Week 1 healthy to help our respective teams,” said Pryor, who won’t play Thursday at Washington. “We’re handling it professionally and we can take care of that on the field on Thursday, the hitting and all that. But right now let’s get better. Let’s make each other better.”

Football-wise, the Jets’ focus seems to be on getting rookie quarterback Sam Darnold more work with the first team after the third overall pick’s stellar preseason debut. On the Redskins’ side, coach Jay Gruden has to sort out his running back situation after rookie and presumptive starter Derrius Guice tore the ACL in his left knee and was ruled out for the season.

Fighting Sunday got in the way of that and ticked off Gruden and New York counterpart Todd Bowles because it took time for their players to cool down and wasted practice time.

“They’re not going to get any better fighting us and we’re not going to get any better fighting them,” Bowles said. “We’re not trying to fight them. They’re not trying to fight us. If they wanted to be boxers and wrestlers, they probably would be in another sport.”

That doesn’t mean fights won’t flare up. Johnson called it “friendly competition” and didn’t seem to think it was so bad.

“Competition at its finest,” Johnson said. “It’s one of those days in camp where guys start fights. When you practice against a new team for the first time during camp, I guess that’s what happens. It’s a little competition that got heated up.”

Moses was so heated Sunday afternoon that Gruden escorted him off the field to calm him down. He wasn’t injured and was back Monday Tony Gonzalez Jersey , but Williams didn’t take kindly to what he and the Redskins perceived to be a cheap shot.

“We reacted how we reacted,” Williams said. “There’s no repercussions out here, so stuff can go a little further.”

Referee Carl Cheffers and his crew are supervising the workouts, but he said he’s letting coaches break things up rather than the officials policing the field. That’ll change when the Jets and Redskins meet in each team’s second preseason game Thursday.

“If that happens in a game, there’s multiple ejections and penalties that will cost our football team,” Gruden said. “And that’s the most important thing we got to make sure we get across.”

NOTES: Bowles wouldn’t say if Darnold will start Thursday, sticking to his line that “all three quarterbacks need to be ready.” … Redskins WR Josh Doctson was among those who did not practice, but the team did not say why.
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