The Dallas Cowboys are still an NFL team, right? Not a boxing organization or mixed martial arts league? Just checking.
You'd be a little hard-pressed to to tell the difference if you glanced at Twitter over the weekend, when the team's official account -- not a fan site or parody account -- promoting a training camp fight involving the team's biggest star.
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Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant -- he of the greatest catch that never was -- signed a five-year, $70 million contract a couple weeks ago. He responded by getting into a fight with teammate Tyler Patmon during a training camp practice on Sunday, throwing a wild haymaker that looked like he's been training to take on UFC superstar Ronda Rousey.
But the Cowboys didn't address the fight with the stodgy corporate-speak you might expect. Nope, they promoted the skirmish with the kind of tweet you'd normally relate to a full-on UFC bout.
Dez Bryant - Tyler Patmon Fight Full Video & Reaction MUST WATCH: http://t.co/egrkA9lI0R pic.twitter.com/oTWsb5zk1X— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) August 3, 2015
And if you think the Cowboys' social media team is in for a reprimand for that tweet, don't look to team owner Jerry Jones.
“That’s good stuff," Jones said after practice. "That’s training camp. Now that’s not new. That’s been happening at our training camps for years and years and years. It is a throwback to the years when you saw Michael Irvin out here, Deion [Sanders] and those guys.”
Jones is right, in that NFL players have been fighting each other in practice only to be best buds afterward for decades and decades.
The only differences here? Bryant is a big name and the fight happened to be caught on video, allowing it to become a Twitter sensation for much of Sunday.
So, upon further review, our call stands. Good on the Cowboys for having a bit of fun with a not-at-all serious situation.