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detroit lions‘ Koch was forced to issue a Apologies After a bloody brawl with one of his players kansas city chiefs After a 30-17 loss on Sunday night.
“This is not what we do. This is not what we are about. I apologized to the coach [Andy] Reed and Chiefs, and Smith-Schuster. This is not right. We don’t do that here. This will not be right. He knows it,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. “Our team knows it. We don’t do that.”
The brawl occurred after the Lions dropped a game to the Chiefs in Kansas City. After the game ended, the Chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes Tried to high-five Branch near midfield, but Branch walked past him, angering Smith-Schuster, who walked up to Branch to talk to him. According to ESPN.
Branch responded by striking Smith-Schuster over his facemask and knocking him to the ground. After jumping to his feet, Smith-Schuster went after Branch, who then tore off the Chiefs player’s helmet as players from both teams tried to intervene.
Campbell said, “I love Brian Branch, but what he did is inexcusable and will not be accepted here.”
Smith-Schuster, who was beaten and forced to the ground, said she expected better from Branch.
“He’s a great player and he’s a huge [their] team,” he said. “After the game, I expected to shake his hand and say, ‘Good game.’ But he threw a punch.”
Smith-Schuster, who walked away from the fight with a bloody nose, noted that he had blocked Branch at the end of the game, which likely caused the brawl.
“I’m just doing my job,” he said. “I play between the whistles.”
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid also spoke about the fight in his comments after the game, According to KMBC.
“We, you guys saw it. I mean, you know, that guy came in and hit JuJu for no reason,” Reed said. “We were taking a knee, it’s tough. I mean, he did some pretty good damage to JuJu’s nose.”
The win moved the Chiefs to 3–3 on the season, while the Lions fell to 4–2.
There were sharp reactions on social media after this controversy.
‘I would like to use my platform to not ask, but demand, that Brian Branch be suspended for his Week 7 game, regardless of who is against it. The NFL needs to hold a higher standard and send the message that this type of behavior is unacceptable. Do it!” Barstool Sports commentator Steven Cheah wrote on X.
‘Brian lost energy from the branch. After the game each player shakes hands and honors their opponents. Ignoring Patrick Mahomes is a small thing, but not a big deal, knocking out JuJu Smith-Schuster is ridiculous,” fellow commentator Dalton Feely said on social media.
One social media poster quipped, ‘This is the biggest fight the Lions have shown all night.’