This was the last thing the Carolina Panthers or Browns expected tonight. While Week 1 of the preseason is usually intense, it’s rarely as off-the-rails as this one. But if the wild exchange between Xavier Legette and Rayshawn Jenkins taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected, just like Legette’s quick response. In fact, the reaction came about as quickly as the blows the two players traded. On the Panthers’ second drive, tensions boiled over when Legette and Jenkins got tangled up.
Legette appeared to throw a few punches, as per the reporters, and in an attempt to fire back, Jenkins took Legette’s helmet off. Both players were hit with offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. After repeated attempts by the officials to cool tempers, both were ejected. It wasn’t exa