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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- One day after cornerback Aqib Talib shoved a teammate,?Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said Monday that his players have to handle their emotions better.Talib?shoved receiver?Jordan Norwood after Norwood muffed a punt early in the fourth quarter of the Broncos 30-27 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.We compete at the highest level, Kubiak said when he was asked about the incident. Our guys compete all the time -- practice, games, those types of things -- so I see guys competing, guys are upset. Jordan and Aqib are fine, I can tell you that. Thats not an issue.The incident happened in a hard-nosed game the Broncos trailed 16-10 with 12? minutes left in regulation. Norwood, who had muffed a punt earlier in the game and struggled much of the time on a windy night, was set to field a Dustin Colquitt punt at the Kansas City 48-yard line, right in front of the Broncos bench area.Norwood drifted too far under the ball, which bounced off his facemask. Kansas City long-snapper James Winchester recovered at the Chiefs 41-yard line. Many players on the Broncos sideline reacted with anger and Talib took it one step further, shoving Norwood hard.It did not escalate, as Norwood moved to sit on one of the teams benches while Talib and the Broncos defense took the field. The Chiefs did not make much of the opportunity; they had a holding penalty and ran three other plays before punting on the ensuing drive.Talib said he talked to Norwood on Monday morning.I call it playing football, just football, Talib said. Were cool. Thats football. Were brothers, we argue, we fight.Norwood also weighed in on the incident between the two.?Me and Aqib sat down one-on-one, Norwood said. Were on the same page. We squared things away.Emotions get in the way and those are things weve got to talk about, Kubiak said. Weve got to control our emotions. Its a very competitive environment down there and there was no harm intended, I can tell you that. 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I think that is the appropriate thing to do.So far during the preseason, the Knicks, Rockets, Lakers, Celtics, Wizards and Kings have been among the teams to stand and interlock arms during the playing of the national anthem.When the season starts Tuesday with the Knicks visiting the Cavaliers, eyes will be on players such as?LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony and what they and their respective teams might do as a show of solidarity to protest racial injustice.NBA teams and players have been considering the best approach, especially after the controversy and discussion sparked by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernicks decision to kneel during the national anthem in protest of racial oppression and inequality in the United States.James, Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul called for athletes to be more active in promoting social change during the ESPYS this summer.I have thought a lot about this, and Michele Roberts and I talked a lot about these issues, Silver said, referring to the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. There may be no organization iin our society better positioned than the NBA and its players to try and have an impact on these difficult issues plaguing many of our cities.ddddddddddddSo aside from discussions around the anthem, it is my expectation that as we move beyond the collective bargaining [negotiating] process, that we and the players together will continue to address these issues and look for opportunities where we can really make a difference.Before there were issues around the anthem, I happened to be at the ESPYS this year when our four players stood up and made their point about the need for us to come together and work in our communities, and we have tried to build on their challenge ... to see what impact that we can have, what they can have as individual athletes and how we can contribute to that as the league together with our teams. I think we are making progress.Silver said Kathy Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and player programs, continues to talk with the players about the best approach moving forward.We have had very constructive discussions ... about meaningful action that we can take collectively in our communities to help build trust, whether between police officers and members of the community looking for constructive ways to address racial injustice, economic injustice, Silver said. I am very proud with the relationship we have built with the union, with the players on these issues. My expectation is that well see into the regular season more of what we have seen in the preseason, which is a sense of, lets deal directly with these important issues. ' ' '