Harrison swings helmet at Hernandez as Giants practice gets heated

The New York Giants finished minicamp Thursday with a fight, as defensive tackle Damon Harrison and rookie guard Will Hernandez got into a scuffle that led to an injury scare for left tackle Nate Solder.

It's unclear what sparked the incident, but at one point Harrison swung Hernandez's helmet at the rookie's head, fortunately missing his target.

"It has been very competitive the whole camp and there's certain things that we can't do," first-year head coach Pat Shurmur told reporters after practice, courtesy of SNY's Ralph Vacchiano. "We gotta settle down. The situation where scuffles break like that, we just take them out of the practice and let them cool off."

Solder, who was caught in the melee, got his leg rolled up on by a teammate and limped off the field. The Giants' prized free-agent acquisition told reporters afterward his knee "hurt a little bit," according to ESPN's Jordan Raanan, but Shurmur said Solder should be "fine."

Shurmur chalked up the initial scuffle between Harrison and Hernandez to healthy competitiveness, but admitted the helmet swing bothered him.

Hernandez has already been involved in a number of dust-ups in his brief tenure with the Giants. He was drafted in the second round in April, and was known for playing with a mean streak at UTEP.

"It's very competitive up there," Shurmur said. "Will Hernandez is a very competitive guy, and they just kind of butted heads."