{"id":13170,"date":"2024-11-04T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13170"},"modified":"2024-11-04T00:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:07:39","slug":"lions-brian-branch-ejected-for-dirty-helmet-to-helmet-hit-on-packers-bo-melton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13170","title":{"rendered":"Lions&#8217; Brian Branch Ejected for Dirty Helmet-to-Helmet Hit on Packers&#8217; Bo Melton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_jjmvck-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Branch was tossed after a high, late hit on Packers receiver Bo Melton .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6i5sda2r5\">The Detroit Lions lost a big part of their defense less than two quarters into their huge divisional clash against the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_pr1wn6csd\">With about six minutes to go before halftime, safety Brian Branch was ejected for a late helmet-to-helmet hit on Packers wideout Bo Melton. It was a dirty play that was initially flagged for the high hit on a defenseless receiver, but the league office in New York decided it was enough to warrant an ejection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7uuks9qh8\">Here&#8217;s the play and an explanation of the sequence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lions DB Brian Branch has been ejected from the game after a helmet-to-helmet hit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgX5m9AOGr\">pic.twitter.com\/wgX5m9AOGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonFOX\/status\/1853200996530311486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uf0k87176\">It&#8217;s a tough loss for the Lions. Branch is a key part of their secondary and what the team tries to do defensively. What&#8217;s more, Green Bay is right behind Detroit in the NFC North standings and this is a game that will likely have significant playoff implications.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_5\">\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_5_slot0\" data-google-query-id=\"CNK7loaxwYkDFZ_i_QUdVQktEg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Branch was tossed after a high, late hit on Packers receiver Bo Melton . The Detroit Lions lost a big part of their defense less than two quarters into their &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13172,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170\/revisions\/13172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}