IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and running back Joseph Randle exchanged heated words during Friday's practice at Valley Ranch.

It got to the point where tight end Jason Witten told Randle to, well this is a family website, to shut up.

The reason for the exchange surrounds Randle getting booked into jail two weeks ago by Frisco, Texas, police for shoplifting and saying a few things about teammates -- Josh Brent and Bryant.

On a videotape released to Dallas-area television stations, Fox 4 and CBS 11, Randle asked about possibly getting suspended for his arrest on shoplifting charges and noted Brent, who did some time for intoxication manslaughter, was in the Cowboys' locker room.

Then, Randle said this about Bryant, "Dez don't miss no games for smacking his mom."

In 2012, Bryant turned himself in after he was charged on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge in DeSoto, Texas. Bryant didn't do any jail time for the incident, and it was dismissed after he served probation.

Randle might have crossed the line in mentioning these two incidents with police. He probably didn't know he was being videotaped when getting booked and felt he could say anything he wanted. He probably also was unaware the videotape of any arrest is public record, and any media outlet can obtain the booking video.

Keeping your mouth shut regarding teammates off-the-field issues is an important part of locker room code.

You could probably say the Cowboys have some issues in their locker room, but Witten, the sage captain of this team, has seen these issues before. He was involved in a skirmish himself with former wide receiver Terrell Owens several years ago. And in 2006, former cornerback Terence Newman got into a fight with former defensive tackle Chris Canty over some foolishness.

"That's Witten, that’s just him, it's great to have somebody like that in this locker room," Bryant said. "Not a lot of teams (are) blessed with a guy like that. Wit does a tremendous job, that’s why we look at him as our leader. We’re going to keep doing that."

There have been practice fights and arguments over the years.

It happens.

Everyday in the Cowboys' locker room, players are debating about something.

"I know those two guys probably better than anybody in this locker room and I was with them at Oklahoma State," backup quarterback Brandon Weeden said of Bryant and Randle. "Shoot, they [are] always arguing about something. I've seen them fight over who's better, [Michael] Jordan or Kobe [Bryant]. When those guys are going at it you laugh at it. I've been around them since 2007, nothing surprises me."

So, this tiff between Bryant and Randle, regardless of what it was about, is nothing more than two people beefing over something that should have remained private.

"Oh man, it’s all good, it’s all right," Bryant said. "That ain't no big deal, it ain't a big deal. It ain't no big deal, we got to get on the Arizona Cardinals."

In reality, that's what it's really about.