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WATCH: Bills Player Starts Pregame Fight with Patriots
A scuffle broke out during pregame warmups at Gillette Stadium.
FOXBOROUGH, MA — Sunday's Patriots-Bills match got to an aggressive start with an altercation during pregame warm-ups.
Video from about 45 minutes before kickoff shows Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett and wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell running down the Patriots sideline and Bills safety Robert Blanton running over to the two at midfield to shove Brissett. While Brissett kept running, Mitchell stayed and got into a shoving argument with Blanton.
Here's a better quality video of the #Bills and #Patriots shoving match from earlier. Robert Blanton starts it by shoving Jacoby Brissett. pic.twitter.com/IJe0OTToYx
— Prescott Rossi (@PrescottRossi) October 2, 2016
Several Bills players and Patriots coaches entered the altercation, with Nickell Robey-Coleman and Aaron Williams of the Bills throwing punches and striking Patriots coaches before the everyone walked away.
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Members of the Bills, primarily coach Rex Ryan, have been vocal about the Patriots this week. Monday, Ryan gave an impression of Bill Belichick and on Wednesday, he asked Julian Edelman during a media conference call if he was going to play quarterback Sunday.
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