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title: "Lions Host Unbeaten Vikings in Detroit as Branch Draws Fine"
url: https://www.heredetroitmi.com/2026/11/01/lions-host-unbeaten-vikings-ford-field-branch-fined/
date: 2026-11-01T05:47:01-05:00
modified: 2026-11-01T05:47:01-05:00
author: "Marlee Howell-Keeler"
categories: ["Sports"]
site: "HERE Detroit"
attribution: "HERE Detroit"
---

# Lions Host Unbeaten Vikings in Detroit as Branch Draws Fine

> DETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions put a perfect home record on the line at noon Sunday at Ford Field, where the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings arrive unbeaten. Detroit is 4-2 overall and 3-0 at home behind an offense putting up better than 30 points a game with Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St. Brown.

*Source: [HERE Detroit](https://www.heredetroitmi.com/2026/11/01/lions-host-unbeaten-vikings-ford-field-branch-fined/) — November 1, 2026 by Marlee Howell-Keeler*

DETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions put a perfect home record on the line at noon Sunday at Ford Field, where the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings arrive unbeaten.

Detroit is 4-2 overall and 3-0 at home behind an offense putting up better than 30 points a game with Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St. Brown. Minnesota counters with the league defense allowing the fewest points, 12.3 per game, built on heavy blitzing.

The Lions also learned Saturday that safety Brian Branch was fined $23,882 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Green Bay tight end Tucker Kraft in last week’s 20-17 win over the Packers. No flag was thrown on the play, which came with 3:39 left in the first quarter, but the league’s accountability report cited improper use of the helmet. Linebacker Derrick Barnes was fined $11,941 for a late hit in the same game.

Branch has piled up 15 fines in his career, five of them for helmet contact.