McIntosh, Welker fight: The Dolphins' offensive frustrations spilled onto the sideline in the fourth quarter when offensive tackle Damion McIntosh head-butted receiver Wes Welker and they had to be separated.
The altercation occurred after the Dolphins punted to conclude three consecutive possessions. Welker said something in the direction of the offensive linemen, who were sitting on the bench. McIntosh then charged him.
"I thought he was being real negative the whole game. After a while you're like, 'Will you shut the hell up?' " McIntosh said. "Don't do that negative stuff. We've been through it before and I've been on teams with that . . . I don't need to go through that. We need to get the mind-set the right way so it doesn't seem like we're bickering at each other."
Welker said he didn't regret anything he said and had no problems with McIntosh's head-butt.
"Not at all. I was glad to see it because he cares," Welker said. "I always say stuff trying to get us ready, trying to motivate us. I thought it motivated him. . . . He put it out there on the line and he played his butt off."
After Welker's punt return on the next possession, he and McIntosh shook hands in the huddle.
"D-Mac and I are good friends; we're just both competitors," Welker said. "We're intense guys so sometimes that happens, but we have nothing but love for each other."
Said McIntosh: "It ain't no biggie. In the game you're going to have flare-ups."
