CHICAGO — After Miami Dolphins linebackers Jordyn Brooks and Tyrel Dodson had a physical altercation on a sideline at the team’s joint practice with the Chicago Bears on Friday , they squashed it publicly following Sunday’s preseason opener at Soldier Field .

“Wasn’t no disagreement,” Brooks said in the locker room. “That’s my dog right here, man. Brothers fight all the time. That’s all that was, man — brotherly love, man.”

Dodson chimed in next to Brooks in the locker room: “Anybody got kids, they fight all the time.”

Coach Mike McDaniel’s take Sunday on the matter backed what his players said.

“They’re like brothers. It was very much a brotherly fight,” McDaniel said. “Family business that families go through, and we’re stronger because of it.”

By Sunday’s opener to the exhib

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