{"id":1197,"date":"2024-11-03T22:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2024-11-03T22:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T22:49:59","slug":"breaking-news-lions-s-brian-branch-ejected-in-packers-game-after-defenseless-receiver-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Lions S Brian Branch ejected in Packers game after defenseless receiver hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/NtEFYUGAcKRTGWXumI-9PALTmMQ=\/0x0:5151x2576\/fit-in\/1200x600\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25713655\/2182718884.jpg\" alt=\"Lions S Brian Branch ejected in Packers game after defenseless receiver hit  - Pride Of Detroit\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"R721LW\">Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was ejected in the second quarter of the game against the Green Bay Packers. Branch was initially called for unnecessary roughness for a hit on a defenseless receiver. After some discussion, the officials deemed the hit serious enough to warrant an ejection.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VWpdUL\">Take a look:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melton takes a hard hit to the helmet here. Branch gets ejected for this hit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DETvsGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DETvsGB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/avpuuL7MYY\">pic.twitter.com\/avpuuL7MYY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rate the Refs App (@Rate_the_Refs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rate_the_Refs\/status\/1853200212598432171?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 id=\"B9WtrB\">According to the NFL rulebook, if an unnecessary roughness penalty is blatant enough, it can warrant an ejection: (Rule 12, article 8)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"K4uhjf\">Penalty: For unnecessary roughness: Loss of 15 yards. The player may be disqualified if the action is judged by the official(s) to be flagrant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"bdGFqQ\">Branch has been one of the best defensive players in football through seven games. Heading into Week 9, Branch was PFF\u2019s highest graded safety in football.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2EggXj\">To make matters worse, Branch earned another personal foul penalty after the ejection, reportedly giving the middle finger to the Packers sideline. Lucky for the Lions, those penalties didn\u2019t end up hurting Detroit, as the Packers would end that drive with a missed field goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lions safety Brian Branch was ejected vs. the Packers after a helmet-to-helmet hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Lions S Brian Branch ejected in Packers game after defenseless receiver hit - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=1197\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Lions S Brian Branch ejected in Packers game after defenseless receiver hit - 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