The NFL has been accused of running a “smear campaign” against Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch but has curiously deleted a video seemingly belittling the player following his fight with Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster after the latter’s win on ‘Sunday Night Football’ this week.
Branch was not in the mood for handshakes after the Lions’ loss and snubbed Patrick Mahomes’ attempt before hitting JuJu in the face.
His coach, Dan Campbell, criticized him in his postgame press conference, making it clear that this sort of behavior was not acceptable.
Branch also admitted that he shouldn’t have done it, but expressed his frustrations with the Chiefs players and the referees as he referenced an unnecessary blindside hit from JuJu that could have injured him.
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