The Facts: Treadwell denied Thursday that he was injured in a Monday practice fight with safety Antone Exum, saying he merely strained a muscle in his leg running pass patterns. "No," he said. "Just running routes, running, strained a muscle. We're all out there competing. It's a physical game and injuries happen."

Diehards Line: Treadwell and Exum exchanged shoves and punches and wrestled to the ground Monday after Treadwell beat Exum for a touchdown pass and then threw his arms up in celebration. Treadwell left the practice after that and didn’t practice Wednesday when the teams returned from a day off on Tuesday. HC Mike Zimmer said Treadwell won’t practice Thursday afternoon. Asked Wednesday if Treadwell was hurt in the altercation, Zimmer said, “I don’t know.” Zimmer added he has talked to both players about the altercation, and said, “it wasn’t too smart. ...” We’ll watch for more on Treadwell.