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The moments after Sunday night’s Lions-Chiefs game included a brawl sparked by Detroit safety Brian Branch hitting Kansas City receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster when Smith-Schuster was extending a post-game handshake.
Chaos ensued, with plenty of pushing and shoving and (if you look closely ) more hitting. However, the NFL imposed no discipline on anyone other than Branch, who was suspended for a week.
No fines were announced in the weekly like of infractions for the fight. PFT has confirmed, per multiple sources, that there were none.
Obviously, Branch got things rolling. And while a Zaprudering of the fraças reveals instances of potentially finable contact, the league opted not to punish anyone from either team, other than Branch.
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