JuJu Smith-Schuster and his fiancé don’t have to worry about postponing any wedding photos.
Laura Kruk joked about how the Kansas City receiver avoided any injury — aside from bleeding — after the stunning postgame spat with the Lions’ Brian Branch following the Chiefs’ 30-17 win Sunday night.
“No broken nose and a CHIEFS WIN,” Kruk captioned a postgame TikTok in which the pair performed a celebratory dance.
The Chiefs pulled off arguably their most impressive win of the season on Sunday by thoroughly outplaying the Lions, but the postgame storyline became the postgame scuffle involving Smith-Schuster.
Branch blew off a handshake from Patrick Mahomes and then approached Smith-Schuster and shoved his helmet.
Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco pushed Branch away while Smith-Schuster fell to the ground before quickly getting up and charging the safety.
Smith-Schuster shoved in Branch’s direction and kept pushing forward before Branch grabbed a hold of him — and his helmet — and sent the receiver to the ground.
A helmet-less Schuster kept pressing toward Branch while players from both sides intervened.
The NFL is investigating the play and it appears Branch will be fined, at the least, per NFL Network.
“He’s a great player, he’s huge for the team,” Smith-Schuster said. “I think after the game I expected to shake his hand and say good game and move past way, but he threw a punch. At the end of the day, it’s a team sport. We came out here, did our job and won, and that’s all that matters.”
Smith-Schuster said Branch’s actions stemmed from his frustration with the Kansas City veteran’s blocking, and the latter pointed to a late play in which the former seemed to hit him in the back.
Branch said the Chiefs attempted to “bully” him.
“It was a childish thing, but I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the play and refs don’t catch it,” Branch said. “They be trying to bully me out there. I should have never did it. It was childish.”
Lions coach Dan Campbell did not appreciate Branch’s actions.
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“I love Brian Branch, but what he did is inexcusable, and it’s not going to be accepted here,” Campbell said after the game. “It’s not what we do. It’s not what we’re about, and I apologize to coach [Andy] Reid and the Chiefs and (Smith-Schuster). That’s not OK. That’s not what we do here, and it’s not going to be OK. He knows it, our team knows it and so, that’s not what we do.”
Smith-Schuster and the Chiefs are now 3-3 and get a big boost in Week 7 with Rashee Rice returning from suspension, while the 4-2 Lions will face the NFC-best Buccaneers.
Kruk and Smith-Schuster got engaged last year, announcing the big news in a joint Instagram post.
“I thank God everyday for you. Now & Forever ????,” the receiver wrote.