{"id":221453,"date":"2025-10-13T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221453\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:11:09","slug":"nfl-week-6-sunday-postgame-brawl-mars-chiefs-statement-win-running-back-has-historic-revenge-game-against-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221453\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 6 Sunday: Postgame brawl mars Chiefs statement win, running back has historic revenge game against Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Week 6 has been one of the most exciting this NFL<\/a> season so far, with plenty of close finishes across the league.\n <\/p>\n

\n 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, including two which ended with a game-winning score in the final minute.\n <\/p>\n

\n The day started with the Denver Broncos winning a defensive slugfest<\/a> against the Jets in London, still leaving New York as the only winless team in the NFL.\n <\/p>\n

\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know from Sunday\u2019s action in Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sunday Night Football was seen as a marquee matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the high-powered Detroit Lions.\n <\/p>\n

\n But despite it ending with the Chiefs getting back on track and recording a statement 30-17 victory, a postgame brawl between stars on both teams marred Kansas City\u2019s celebrations.\n <\/p>\n

\n Immediately after the Chiefs knelt on the final play of the game to wrap up the win, Detroit safety Brian Branch was seen rejecting a handshake from Patrick Mahomes and approaching Kansas City wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster.\n <\/p>\n

\n Branch then proceeded to strike Smith-Schuster on the front of the helmet with an open-handed blow, sending the receiver to the ground.\n <\/p>\n

\n Smith-Schuster got up from the turf to chase after Branch, with the Lions player grabbing Smith-Schuster\u2019s facemask and throwing him to the ground, with the two needing to be separated as they came to further blows.\n <\/p>\n

\n After the game, Branch apologized for his actions and said that he reacted the way he did because Smith-Schuster had hit him in the back late in the game, which he thought was illegal.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI did a real childish thing,\u201d Branch told reporters. \u201cI\u2019m tired of people doing stuff in between plays and refs don\u2019t catch it. They be trying to bully me out there. I shouldn\u2019t have did it, it was childish.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\"Smith-Schuster<\/p>\n

\n The 23-year-old added: \u201cI got blocked in the back illegally. And it was in front of the ref and the ref didn\u2019t do anything and just stuff like that. I could have got hurt off of that, but I still should not have done that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Detroit head coach Dan Campbell began his postgame press conference by addressing the incident.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cLet me start with this,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cI love Brian Branch, but what he did is inexcusable and it\u2019s not going to be accepted here. It\u2019s not what we do, it\u2019s not what we\u2019re about. I apologized to (Chiefs) coach (Andy) Reid and the Chiefs and (Smith) Schuster. That\u2019s not OK. That\u2019s not what we do here, and it\u2019s not gonna be OK. He knows it, our team knows it. That\u2019s not what we do.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Branch could face punishment from the NFL for his actions \u2013 Branch has been fined by the league 10 times since the start of last season: seven last year and three this campaign.\n <\/p>\n

\n The postgame incident came after the Chiefs\u2019 most impressive win of the season \u2013 one which saw the offense get back on track.\n <\/p>\n

\n Mahomes threw 22-of-30 for 257 yards and had four total touchdowns \u2013 three passing scores and one on the ground \u2013 and Kansas City had 112 rushing yards as a team.\n <\/p>\n

\n Conversely, the Chiefs defense was able to slow down the typically proficient Lions offense, holding them to just 98 yards on the ground and Detroit QB Jared Goff to 203 passing yards.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Lions fall to 4-2 with the defeat while the Chiefs continue to correct their stuttering start to the year by improving to 3-3.\n <\/p>\n

\n Every player has a little added motivation when they face their former team. And Rico Dowdle showed the Dallas Cowboys what they were missing when he faced them on Sunday as a part of the Carolina Panthers.\n <\/p>\n

\n Dowdle had 239 yards from scrimmage against the Cowboys, rushing for 183 yards off 30 carries and racking up 56 yards and a touchdown through the air.\n <\/p>\n

\n What made it even sweeter for the 27-year-old was it all came in a winning effort for Carolina, with rookie Ryan Fitzgerald kicking a 33-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Panthers over the Cowboys 30-27.\n <\/p>\n

\n Dowdle had warned his former Dallas teammates that they\u2019d better be prepared to face him and said afterwards that they didn\u2019t heed his warning.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThey wasn\u2019t buckled up,\u201d Dowdle said.\n <\/p>\n

\"Dowdle<\/p>\n

\n This is Dowdle\u2019s first season in Carolina having spent his first four seasons in the league with the Cowboys. In the 2024 season with Dallas, he ran for 1,079 yards but left the team in the offseason.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sunday\u2019s big performance was Dowdle\u2019s second monster outing in a row having recorded 234 total yards and a touchdown in Week 5.\n <\/p>\n

\n His 473 yards from scrimmage over the past two weeks are a Carolina franchise record and he became the sixth running back in the Super Bowl era with at least 225 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in consecutive games, joining Dalvin Cook, Le\u2019Veon Bell, Deuce McAllister, Marshall Faulk and Walter Payton.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt was personal for him and we knew that. We want to have his back,\u201d Panthers quarterback Bryce Young said afterwards when asked about Dowdle playing his former team. \u201cThat\u2019s our brother and if it\u2019s important to him and it\u2019s personal to him, it\u2019s important to us.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\"Dowdle<\/p>\n

\n One team every season appears to be bitten by the injury bug. And this campaign, it appears to be the San Francisco 49ers.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Niners lost another key player to injury during Sunday\u2019s 30-19 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when linebacker Fred Warner was carted off the field.\n <\/p>\n

\n TV coverage showed Warner\u2019s ankle twisting awkwardly when a teammate inadvertently fell on it during the first quarter at Raymond James Stadium, with the 28-year-old being carted off the field shortly afterwards.\n <\/p>\n

\n After the game, San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan announced that Warner had suffered a dislocated and broken ankle. Shanahan said that the four-time first-team All-Pro will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s a big blow for the 49ers to lose the linebacker, especially with the already lengthy injury list the team has.\n <\/p>\n

\"Warner<\/p>\n

\n The team\u2019s defense has already lost star pass rusher Nick Bosa for the season due to a torn ACL. The offense has also been depleted, with quarterback Brock Purdy, tight end George Kittle and receiver Ricky Pearsall all missing multiple games.\n <\/p>\n

\n Warner\u2019s injury was the main talking point from the Niners\u2019 second defeat of the season. But the continued excellence of Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was also on display on Sunday.\n <\/p>\n

\n Mayfield, who is in the early running for the Most Valuable Player award, put in another assured performance, despite Tampa Bay\u2019s own lengthening injury list.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Bucs were already without receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, but they lost star rookie Emeka Egbuka midway through the second half to an apparent hamstring injury.\n <\/p>\n

\n It didn\u2019t matter to Mayfield though, as he consistently sliced through the 49ers defense. The 30-year-old ended the game throwing 17-of-23 for 256 yards and two touchdowns. Tampa Bay\u2019s running backs Rachaad White and Sean Tucker, meanwhile, each had a touchdown run.\n <\/p>\n

\n Mayfield\u2019s resiliency this season was highlighted in the third quarter when he looked like he was going to be sacked on a key third down, only to shrug off a group of defenders, rumble downfield and stretch for a first down. The eight-year veteran QB was serenaded with MVP chants from the Bucs faithful in attendance.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI was in disbelief just like everybody else,\u201d Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles said of the moment. \u201cIt happens every other week or so and he makes those type of plays and you pray he doesn\u2019t get hurt or anything happens to him. But he has a knack. He has a knack that you can\u2019t teach or coach.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The victory improved the Bucs to 5-1 as they move atop the NFC standings and look increasingly like a Super Bowl contender.\n <\/p>\n

\n Home vs. away (winners in bold)\n <\/p>\n

\n New York Jets 11-13 Denver Broncos (in London, UK)\n <\/p>\n

\n Baltimore Ravens 3-17 Los Angeles Rams\n <\/p>\n

\n Carolina Panthers 30-27 Dallas Cowboys\n <\/p>\n

\n Indianapolis Colts 31-27 Arizona Cardinals\n <\/p>\n

\n Jacksonville Jaguars 12-20 Seattle Seahawks\n <\/p>\n

\n Miami Dolphins 27-29 Los Angeles Chargers\n <\/p>\n

\n Pittsburgh Steelers 23-9 Cleveland Browns\n <\/p>\n

\n New Orleans Saints 19-25 New England Patriots\n <\/p>\n

\n Las Vegas Raiders 20-10 Tennessee Titans\n <\/p>\n

\n Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-19 San Francisco 49ers\n <\/p>\n

\n Green Bay Packers 27-18 Cincinnati Bengals\n <\/p>\n

\n Kansas City Chiefs 30-17 Detroit Lions\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 6 has been one of the most exciting this NFL season so far, with plenty of close…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-221453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}