The Detroit Lions got outmanned on Sunday night, when the Kansas City Chiefs won decisively in a 30-17 victory. As if the humbling loss wasn’t bad enough for the Lions, safety Brian Branch made matters worse after the game. As the teams were exchanging handshakes and words after the clock hit zero, Branch threw a jab at Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Clearly, he had taken exception with something Smith-Schuster had said, and after the punch, the Chiefs receiver chased Branch down. The two tied each other up before Branch threw Smith-Schuster down by the facemask.

Thankfully, the scuffle was essentially localized to only those two players and it didn’t become a bigger thing.

That being said, it was a very undisciplined move from Branch, who will almost certainly be subject to punish

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