Detroit Lions Safety Brian Branch is breaking his silence on the on-field brawl that happened after Sunday Night Football’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
After the game, the 23-year-old defensive back appeared to ignore a handshake request by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. He then seemingly went straight to Chiefs Wide Receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, and delivered what appeared to be a smack that sent him to the ground.
A skirmish then ensued.
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“I did a real childish thing. I’m tired of people doing stuff in between plays and refs don’t catch it. They be trying to bully me out there. I shouldn’t have did it, it was childish,” Branch told The Athletic’s Colton Pouncy after the game.
About why he banger him, he shared, “I got blocked in the back illegally. And it was in front of the ref and the ref didn’t do anything. And just stuff like that. I coulda got hurt off a that, but I still should not have done that.”
Lions head coach Dan Campbell also addressed the issue, saying, “Let me start with this. I love Brian Branch, but what he did is inexcusable and it’s not going to be accepted here. It’s not what we do, it’s not what we’re about. I apologized to coach [Andy] Reid and the Chiefs and Schuster. That’s not OK. That’s not what we do here, and it’s not gonna be OK. He knows it, our team knows it. That’s not what we do.”
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