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Jeff Risdon

Brian Branch ejected from Packers game after illegal hit

Brian Branch Packers Green Bay Packers

The Detroit Lions have lost another critical member of the defense midway through the second quarter of their Week 9 visit to Green Bay. This player loss is not injury-related, however.

Safety Brian Branch was ejected from the game after earning an unnecessary roughness penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Packers wideout Bo Melton. The infraction was flagged on the field by referee Clete Blakeman’s crew, and it was not a controversial call. But then the NFL intervened…

Branch was ejected by the league after a review off the field. The league has the ability to review fouls like this, and they deemed it worthy of ejection.

After his ejection, Branch earned another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty as he left the field.

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