At the end of a Sunday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions tempers flared. A scrum developed with about 30 to 40 players coming together.
Luckily, it didn’t appear that any punches truly landed and there were no obvious signs of injury. The incident seemed to start when Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes seemed to offer a post-game handshake to Lions defensive defensive back Brian Branch and was denied.
Shortly after, a few Chiefs seemed to take offense. Then Branch appeared to throw a glancing punch toward Kansas City receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster ‘s helmet. The fight then went to the ground, as several others got involved.
Brawl at the end of Sunday Night Football between Brian Branch and Juju Smith-Schuster. #detroitlions #kansascitychiefs #NFL #DETvsKC pic.twitter.com/sdcWsMp4WA
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NBC broadcaster Mike Tirico did his best to narrate the action as it unfolded, then provided a more thorough recap with the benefit of the replay. He explained what he saw from the Chiefs and Lions.
“We’ve got a look, our guys were watching here. End of the game here, Branch walking by,” Tirico said. “Mahomes extends the hand to him. Branch doesn’t respond. Doesn’t put his hand out.