Most players come out of a training-camp scuffle and immediately try to smooth it over. It was just competition. Things got heated. Nothing to see here.

Bills offensive lineman Alec Anderson didn’t really go that route.

I enjoyed punching him in the face a couple times.

That was Anderson's reaction after what turned into Buffalo’s most chaotic practice of camp.

He even went on to mention choking the rookie. No softening it, no careful PR cleanup, and not much concern for how it would land once reporters started writing it down.

And honestly, that blunt honesty might be the most surprising part of the whole story.

Alec Anderson Said Exactly What He Meant

Buffalo finally put the pads on for real for the first time, and yeah… things got a little spicy, fast. Once the hitting started, it didn’t really stop. Reporters counted four different skirmishes, and Alec Anderson somehow ended up in the middle of more than one of them.

The biggest one kicked off with rookie linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr and Dalton Kincaid.

Kincaid made a catch in a team period and was already on his way down when Elarms-Orr came in and finished the play with a little extra. The offense didn’t love that, and within seconds it turned into a full-on pile-up that coaches had to break apart.

Afterward, Elarms-Orr said he wasn’t trying to take a cheap shot.

People were saying he already went down. I didn’t see him go down.

And honestly, that tracks for a young linebacker trying to make a name for himself. Elarms-Orr's a fourth-round pick who’s been flying around all camp. With Terrel Bernard and Dorian Williams easing back from injuries, he’s been getting real first-team reps, and he’s clearly playing like a guy who doesn’t want to give them back.

He’s been fast, aggressive, and around the ball constantly. That hit on Kincaid wasn’t even the only reason people noticed him Tuesday — it just happened to be the one that set everything off.

Alec Anderson, though, wasn’t really in the mood for explanations while Kincaid was still on the turf.

I didn’t enjoy him hitting our guy after the whistle.

And look, you kind of have to respect the honesty. No spin, no “it’s camp, things happen” speech — just straight-up lineman energy. He saw his guy get popped, and he reacted the way offensive linemen have been reacting since football was invented.

Right tackle Spencer Brown took a more balanced approach, basically saying Kincaid is too important to be getting extra shots in practice, but also admitting he didn’t mind seeing a little edge from the rookies either.

Which really is camp in a nutshell. A little chaos, a little teaching moment, and a lot of grown men trying to set the tone before the real games start.

Buffalo Needs The Instinct More Than The Punches

The Bills don’t want Elarms-Orr to suddenly dial it back just because things got heated. A rookie linebacker pushing his way into the starting mix because he plays like he’s got something to prove is usually exactly what you want in camp.

At the same time, they also don’t want their offensive line just standing there while someone takes a little extra shot at Kincaid. That’s not really up for debate in that locker room.

Kincaid isn’t some fringe piece. He made the Pro Bowl last season in just 12 games, finishing with 39 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns. Buffalo already picked up his fifth-year option, so he’s locked in through 2027. So yeah, if you’re the Bills, you’re not exactly thrilled about him getting extra attention in an August practice rep that doesn’t even count.

Head coach Joe Brady made a beeline for Elarms-Orr right after things cooled down, and that conversation was probably needed. But so was the response from the offense. That’s just how these things go sometimes.

Where it all really tipped over was the punches.

Anderson's still battling Austin Corbett for the starting left guard spot, so every rep matters for him right now. If he wins the job, the Bills are going to want that same edge and protect-your-guy mentality — just without the part that gets you tossed from a real game. Because throwing a punch is an automatic unsportsmanlike penalty and gets you ejected. No gray area there.

Camp fights always get a little more leeway than they should. Anderson even said they help build “resiliency and grittiness,” and honestly, he’s not wrong in spirit. Buffalo got a reminder that their rookie linebacker isn’t backing down from anybody, and their offensive line isn’t going to just watch someone mess with Kincaid.

Everybody got their message across.

Anderson just happened to deliver his in a way that was a little more… enthusiastic than most.

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