Dolphins player describes Bears joint practice in the oddest way imaginable

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Physiciality is usually the bare minimum expectation for an NFL joint practice.

Anytime two teams can go from hitting their teammates throughout the hot days of summer to practicing against a new opponent in training camp, it's usually a welcome sign.

That's if the teams match each other's intensity, which wasn't the case in the Bears-Dolphins joint practice at Halas Hall. From start to finish, the Bears played with an energy and physicality that was clearly unmatched by the Dolphins.

How one Dolphins player was bold enough to question the Bears' "physicality"

Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen's unit went into that joint practice with the intention to win the day and do so with physical play. Dolphins center Aaron Brewer shared his thoughts about the physicality of the three joint practices the team had against the Bears, Dolphins and Jaguars with the Miami media on Thursday.

"That first joint practice with Chicago, I feel like that was B.S., you know what I'm sayin," Brewer said. "They was out there tackling and this and that, so it was like fake physicality, you know what I'm sayin. They out there playing tackle football and everybody else was out there playing 7-on-7 or something, like. It's fake physicality. It's not the same when we are out there playing in a real game."

Brewer played in the preseason game against the Bears, and the Dolphins' starting unit failed to score against the Bears' backups on the first drive of the game. Miami went on a 15-play, 54-yard drive that came up empty after the Dolphins turned it over on downs with a three-yard loss on fourth down at the Bears' one-yard line. The Bears and Dolphins ended the game in a 24-24 tie.

Bears safety Jaquan Brisker went to social media to respond to Brewer's comment and was simply sipping the tea.

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The Bears' defense has an edge with Allen as their defensive play caller and Ben Johnson as the head coach. The first-year coaching staff has worked diligently to this point to create a new culture in Chicago, and if opposing teams have an issue with it, they will have to settle things on the football field.