A brawl erupted midfield in the NFL Sunday over a long-running family feud between Rams player Jalen Ramsey and the Giants' Golden Tat...
A brawl erupted midfield in the NFL Sunday over a long-running family feud between Rams player Jalen Ramsey and the Giants' Golden Tate.
Ramsey has two children with Tate's sister, Breanna, but the couple broke up while she was pregnant with their second child.
When Ramsey posted a photo on social media with his new girlfriend, dancer Monica Giavanna, last October, Golden Tate responded to a fan's comment with 'he know he gonna have to see me.' Ramsey and Giavanna are now believed to have also split.
And the personal animosity between the two players exploded after the game Sunday in which the Los Angeles Rams claimed a 17-9 victory over the New York Giants.
Footage shows the Giants wide receiver and Rams cornerback exchanged blows near midfield and had to be separated by teammates and coaches.
Tate and Ramsey walked toward each other as the game ended and both took swings before going down to the turf.
TMZ reports Ramsey also waited outside of the locker room after the game for Tate.
Players from the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams scuffle at the end of an NFL football game Sunday in Inglewood, California
Jalen Ramsey and Breanna Tate. Ramsey has two children with Tate's sister, Breanna, but the couple broke up while she was pregnant with their second child
When Ramsey posted a photo on social media with his new girlfriend, dancer Monica Giavanna, last October, Golden Tate responded to a fan's comment with 'he know he gonna have to see me.' Ramsey and Giavanna are now believed to have also split
Tate told the New York Post last year he wasn't happy with the disrespect that Ramsey had shown toward his sister.
He said: 'I'm not happy at all with the disrespect that he's shown towards my sister and the things he's done in the past, but I don't really want to go too much into it.'
Ramsey had said: 'We live in a society where ignorant people feel that they are owed an explanation of what goes on in our day-to-day lives … and why we make the decisions we make … we don't have to answer to anyone but the man above. S*** is beyond overrated.'
When Ramsey posted a photo on social media with his new girlfriend last October, Tate replied to a fan's comment with 'he know he gonna have to see me'
His sister was in a longtime relationship with Ramsey. She made no reference to the feud on Instagram; last posting on September 26 about her second daughter's first birthday.
Both men were silent leading up to the game. Ramsey had no comment on Tate and Tate was not made available to reporters. They have not posted on social media about the brawl.
Neither player was made available for comment after the game. Ramsey walked up and down the field for 25 minutes after the game with a Rams assistant coach, perhaps to cool off or to avoid another confrontation near the team buses.
TMZ reports Ramsey, right, also waited outside of the locker room after the game for Tate, left
Breanna, pictured, made no reference to the feud on Instagram; last posting on September 26 about her second daughter's first birthday
'Obviously we want to do our fighting between the whistles for 60 minutes,' Giants coach Joe Judge said. 'I have to talk to him. Golden is a competitive guy. We don´t want to have happen what did.'
Judge hinted that he spoke to Tate about the matchup with Ramsey leading up to the game, but did not delve into the details of the conversations.
Rams coach Sean McVay said he wasn't sure what happened.
'I was shaking hands and, you know, I just kind of got in the middle,' he said. 'Fortunately, got it broken up and nothing occurred from there.'
New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate, right, is tackled by Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey, center, during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday
Even players who were in the middle of the scrum didn't have much to say. Giants center Nick Gates, who was separating coaches and teammates from each other, said he was just trying to protect teammates.
Tate finished with four receptions for 20 yards. He caught a quick pass in the left flat during the fourth quarter but Ramsey laid a punishing hit on Tate for a 1-yard loss.
Ramsey signed a five-year, $105 million contract extension with the Rams before the start of the season. He is regarded as one of the bigger trash-talkers in the league. Although coaches have praised his increasing maturity, this is his second postgame incident with the Rams since he was acquired from Jacksonville last year.
Ramsey and Marcus Peters shouted at each other after the Ravens beat the Rams last year. Peters was traded to Baltimore after the Rams acquired Ramsey.
During his three seasons with Jacksonville, Ramsey was involved in fracases with Cincinnati's A.J. Green and Kansas City's Tyreek Hill.
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