Tuesday's wild and wooly practice

Tuesday afternoon's practice -- the only one of the day -- was easily the most spirited of training camp. Twenty minutes or so was spent on an 11-on-11 drill (lots of contact, but no tackling allowed), which is when things got interesting:

-- A few scuffles broke out -- RB DeAngelo Williams vs. LB James Anderson and DE Everette Brown vs.  RB Mike Goodson -- as temperatures approached 100 degrees, but neither was serious nor lasted very long. Safety Chris Harris loved it, yelling "It's hot out here now! Here comes the sun!" The temperatures, if not tempers, cooled later when clouds moved in ahead of some light rain.

-- Receiver Kenneth Moore had the ball stripped from him twice by defensive linemen, once by Damione Lewis and the other by Julius Peppers. As instructed by defensive coordinator Ron Meeks, Lewis and Peppers both ran the ball about 80 yards to the end zone, not an easy thing to do in the heat for the big guys. Moore, it should be noted, would probably argue that the whistle had blown on both plays before the ball came out.

-- Huge rookie OG Duke Robinson (6-5, 330 pounds) buried rookie LB Jeremy Leman on one play. Leman was ribbed by his defensive teammates and, coming off the field, he said, "I know, but I hit him!"

-- TE Gary Barnidge, still getting reps with the first team, caught a 20-yard TD pass from Jake Delhomme. Delhomme spent a little time yelling some trash talk to the defense on the sidelines after that one.

-- Big hit between two stars: Williams was met by middle LB Jon Beason behind the line of scrimmage. No tackling allowed, but a sold hit delivered by Beason,

-- R Muhsin Muhammad and CB Richard Marshall spent a lot of time discussing technique and tactics after one play in which one obviously got the better of the other.

-- After the 11-on-11, the team practiced kickoffs. Goodson has been the first guy in line taking them, followed by Captain Munnerlyn and Ryne Robinson. He's showing lots of promise with his explosiveness, but he did drop one. -- David Scott