Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch has been fined for an aggressive helmet-to-helmet hit against a Green Bay Packers wide receiver in Week ... Rob Demovsky, after the Packers game that the decision was made to eject Branch, after the hit was reviewed ...

Branch received a fine for both acts. The fines matched. It was $10,128 for the illegal hit, and another $10,128 for the double-barreled gesture. It’s odd that a safety rule would trigger the same fine as a rule against the making of certain gestures.

After getting ejected from the Lions' Week 9 win in Green Bay, Detroit safety Brian Branch was expected to earn a fine from the NFL. The league delivered in its weekly doling out of disciplinary actions,

Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch now knows how much he needs to pay in fines. Both for his hit on Bo Melton and the obscene reaction afterward from the Green Bay Packers game. The NFL hit Branch with a total of $20,

Last week the Detroit Lions went to Green Bay and beat the Packers in the rain, but not everyone got to participate in the whole game. Safety Brian Branch got ejected by the league offices in New York after this hit.