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Brian Branch appeals his one-game suspension

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13 October 2025

On one hand, Lions safety Brian Branch has willingly accepted responsibility for the behavior that sparked a postgame brawl on Sunday night against the Chiefs. On the other hand, Branch will not willingly accept the punishment the NFL has imposed.

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.)

Precedent is on Branch's side. In the 2012 playoffs, former Washington tackle Trent Williams struck former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman in the face. Williams was fined only $7,871. Three years ago, then-Raiders receiver Davante Adams was neither fined nor suspended for shoving a worker to the ground after a game at Kansas City. (Adams was charged with misdemeanor assault, but the case was eventually dropped.)

In 2019, the NFL suspended Browns defensive end Myles Garrett six games for striking Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with his own helmet, after a play.

Branch will point to Williams and Adams; the league will point to Garrett. But the conduct in question is far more similar to what Williams did, especially since (unlike Sherman) Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster wore a helmet.

A decision will come quickly, given that the Lions host the Buccaneers next Monday night. And here's where it could get interesting. If Branch wins the appeal, will the Lions impose discipline in the form of benching him for part or all of the game?

If he's available, the Lions have to pay him. They don't have to play him. Given coach Dan Campbell's strong comments from his press conference after the game against the Chiefs, it's hard to imagine the Lions doing nothing, if the league's suspension doesn't stick.

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Falcons strike first with a touchdown drive

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13 October 2025

On the first play from scrimmage Monday night, Bijan Robinson fumbled after a 3-yard gain. Christian Benford recovered for the Bills at the Atlanta 46.

The turnover, though, was negated by an offsides penalty on Greg Rousseau.

Five plays later, the Falcons were in the end zone and holding an early 7-0 lead.

Michael Penix completed passes of 23 and 10 yards to Drake London, and Robinson had two carries for 10 yards.

Tyler Allgeier ran 21 yards for the touchdown. It was his third touchdown of the season.

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Jets WR Garrett Wilson hyperextended knee in loss to Broncos, will miss a ‘couple of weeks’

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13 October 2025

Though he appears to have avoided major injury, New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson is still expected to miss “a couple of weeks” with a knee injury, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Wilson hyperextended his knee and will now be sidelined for the near future after the team’s 13-11 loss to the Denver Broncos in London on Sunday. An MRI on Monday confirmed the injury, which reportedly happened on the team’s second-to-last offensive play in the loss at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Wilson landed awkwardly after an incomplete pass, and then missed their last play of the game.

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A specific timeline for his return isn’t known. The Jets are set to take on the Carolina Panthers next on Sunday, and then they’ll travel to the Cincinnati Bengals the following week before their bye. According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, there is “some thought” that Wilson could be ready to return after that bye week for the team’s matchup with the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 9, which would mean that he is only gone for two games.

Wilson had three catches for 13 yards in the loss on Sunday, which dropped the Jets to 0-6 on the season. It was a rough offensive showing for the team as a whole. Quarterback Justin Fields went 9-of-17 for 45 yards, and the team actually finished with negative 10 passing yards in the contest, a franchise worst. They managed just 82 total offensive yards, and Fields was sacked nine times.

Wilson, in his fourth season with the team, has 395 receiving yards and four touchdowns on 36 catches this season. The 25-year-old signed a four-year, $130 million extension with the team this past summer.

The Jets, who are the lone team in the league without a win, have more to fix than just their offense to right the ship. But losing their top wide receiver for any stretch of time, even if it’s just two games, is going to make things even more difficult for Fields.

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