Washington TE Temarrick Hemingway responds to heated exchange with Montez Sweat in practice

Yeah, don’t call Hemingway “salty,” he’s just “extremely competitive” much like any NFL player. Especially a player trying to carve a spot on the roster.

It must have been a tight end thing, as rookie Sammis Reyes also got into an exchange with a defensive player. Linebacker Cole Holcomb was Reyes’ choice to chirp back and forth at.

Or maybe the offense was just irritated with the aggressiveness of the defense. Sweat also got a mouth full from star wide receiver Terry McLaurin for getting a bit too touchy with quarterback Taylor Heinicke.

The competitive juices can be a positive at times. However, it can be a negative as well. It’s the negatives that concerns Washington head coach Ron Rivera, who stressed he was not a fan of training camp fights.

“I think it’s a good teachable moment,” Rivera said per Pro Football Talk’s Michael David Smith. “One of the things that I talked about with these guys, about how to practice and one of the sections of it is about fighting — don’t fight. It makes no sense. Why? You get into a fight and you get penalized, you get fined, you get hurt, you can get taken out of a game. So, it’s a teachable moment. I’ll use it. I’m not a big fan of it.”

Hopefully, tempers will be more settle as training camp moves along for Washington.