While the Buffalo Bills’ 32-6 victory over the New York Jets was clear, the New York team’s players showed more intensity after the final whistle on Sunday.
Jets defensive lineman Michael Clemons and Bills tackle Dion Dawkins particularly had trouble in the tunnel leading players to their respective locker rooms.
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According to the New York Post, the feud between the two men appears to have started in the fourth quarter when Clemons threw Dawkins to the ground at the end of a play. After feigning an injury, the Bills player suddenly stood up and waved to the crowd, which would have frustrated his opponent.
The near fight in question. Michael Clemons and Dion Dawkins need to be separated. Two big guys almost came to an agreement. Beef spilled over in the Bills’ 32-6 win. 📸 From my iPhone pic.twitter.com/P7xE0ADi3f
– Otis Livingston (@OlivingstonTV) November 20, 2023
“I’m not a Jets fan,” the Buffalo player told reporters. They are very disrespectful players.”
Clemons, for his part, did not want to speak at the microphones after the fight and left the locker room as soon as they approached his locker room.
Two teams, one tunnel
Highmark Stadium, located in a suburb of Buffalo, has the peculiarity that there is only one tunnel for both teams. Only two other NFL buildings have this restriction: Ford Field in Detroit and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
In a contact sport where a lot of emotions are involved, things can inevitably go wrong quickly.
“There was confusion on the field or something,” visiting cornerback DJ Reed said. We have the same tunnel, which I find interesting. Already at halftime I told myself that it could end badly if someone tried to attack someone else. It would have been difficult to separate everyone if they had decided to fight.”
According to reports, altercations broke out in this hallway between several other players, to the extent that security guards had to intervene to keep the two clans apart.