Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended one game without pay by the NFL for fighting with Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster after Sunday's game.

Week 6 has been one of the most exciting this NFL season so far, with plenty of close finishes across the league. With two still to come on Monday, eight games so far have been within one score in the fourth quarter and six contests have been decided by one score,

The NFL deemed it worthy of a suspension. The league announced Monday that Branch will be suspended without pay for a single game after he smacked Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, triggering an on-field brawl in the final seconds of Sunday night’s contest at Arrowhead Stadium.

Jared Goff and the high-flying Detroit Lions visit Kansas City led by Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in the Week 6 edition of Sunday Night Football.

Taylor Swift — who's fresh off the release of her 12th studio album — attended the Chiefs-Lions game on Sunday night alongside Caitlin Clark.

Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Branch has appealed his one-game suspension. Branch has the right to do so. And he has a reason to do so — seventy-six thousand of them. (At a 2025 salary of $1.379 million, he makes $76,611 per week.)

The NFL's Week 6 Sunday game slate is nearly complete, with the early and afternoon game windows a wrap leading up to the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs on "Sunday Night Football." Headlining the late afternoon window was a showdown between the 49ers and Buccaneers,