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The Green Bay Packers will take on the Seattle Seahawks for their final preseason game this Saturday after an eventful joint practice last Thursday that saw multiple punches being thrown. The Packers’ Zach Tom and the Seahawks’ Ernest Jones IV were initially involved in a scuffle that saw multiple members from both teams joining in.
The fight was observed by fans who attended the joint practice at the Ray Nitschke Field in Wisconsin and led to the ejection of Zach Tom. Now, the Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has given his two cents on the matter, explaining that multiple players deserved to be tossed.
“That’s just our rule, if you throw a punch. He was not the only person at fault. He’s just the one I saw. Then you watch it (on film), and you’re like, ‘Oh, a lot of people should’ve been pulled,’” he said in a press conference.
Matt LaFleur on pulling Zach Tom from Thursday’s joint practice vs Seahawks: “That’s just our rule, if you throw a punch. He was not the only person at fault. He’s just the one I saw. Then you watch it (on film), and you’re like, ‘Oh, a lot of people should’ve been pulled.’”
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) August 23, 2025
While Tom and Jones would have been ejected in a regular-season game, both players are unlikely to face major penalties from the league for the scuffle. As LaFleur suggested, the fight in question was not the only scuffle that went down during the practice.
At least one more scuffle broke out as well, even though no details about the players involved have been made public. While not an uncommon incident, the lingering tension may further impact the preseason game the two teams are set to play out this coming Saturday.
However, any continuation of the hostility during the game will undoubtedly result in stricter action as we edge closer to the start of the new season.
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