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Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch delivered an open-handed strike to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, triggering a brawl following the Oct. 12 game

“I did a little childish thing,” Branch said during a postgame news conference. “I apologize for that”

Before he hit Smith-Schuster, Branch refused to shake hands with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes

Brian Branch isn’t proud of his actions after the Detroit Lions lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.

"I did a little childish thing,” Branch, 23, told reporters after the game about his role in a bench-clearing fight on the field. “But I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the plays and the ref don’t catch it, trying to bully me out there.”

The fracas began when Branch ignored Patrick Ma

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