Jalen Ramsey and Golden Tate brought their family feud to the field.
Ramsey and Tate reportedly threw punches and ignited a postgame brawl Sunday between the Giants and Rams that escalated to include dozens of players and coaches pushing and shoving to clear the sea of bodies.
The only surprising thing is that it took four quarters for years of bad blood stemming from Ramsey’s perceived mistreatment of Tate’s sister to boil over, especially after Ramsey lifted Tate off his feet and drove him into the turf during the second half of the Rams’ 17-9 victory. The Fox broadcast went to commercial before the fight and returned with footage of other players mixing it up.
No other footage surfaced on the internet immediately after the game, but live reports from SoFi Stadium had Tate and Ramsey purposely seeking each other out, both taking big swings and tumbling to the ground.
Ramsey was still dressed in full uniform and pacing on the field with his phone in hand about 25 minutes after others returned to the locker room. He tried to start a second confrontation by waiting for Tate outside the Giants postgame locker room, according to an ESPN report.
“To be honest with you, I don’t know what happened,” said Giants center Nick Gates, who was in the middle of clearing bodies. “Just protecting my teammates.”
Ramsey is the father of two of Tate’s young nieces but broke off a long-term relationship with Tate’s sister Breanna while she was pregnant last summer. When Ramsey posted to social media a photo with his new girlfriend last October, Tate made it publicly known he was circling their next head-to-head matchup.
Tate was not available to The Post upon request this past week and Ramsey declined comment on Tate, but there was no avoiding each other when face to face. Tate again was not available upon request after the game.
The NFL did not immediately respond to an inquiry as to whether an investigation is underway that could lead to discipline for Tate, Ramsey or others involved on either side.
“I have to see and find out all the details right there,” Giants coach Joe Judge said. “I don’t have anything there yet. Obviously we want to do our fighting between the whistles for 60 minutes. I don’t know all the details, so I’m going to reserve comment on that until I find out everything.”
But Tate’s feelings are no secret because he told The Post last October: “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.”
Ramsey is regarded as one of the NFL’s premier trash-talkers and Tate as one of its best showboats, so the recipe for ugliness was pre-cooked. Judge would not say whether he addressed the Tate-Ramsey tensions with his star receiver before the game.
“Golden is a competitive guy,” Judge said. “We talk to all of our players every week about different things. I’ll keep some of our conversations just between me and the players. We don’t want to have happen what happened at the end of the game. That’s not the way we want to be as a team.”
Giants linebacker Blake Martinez and cornerback James Bradberry both deferred comment on the brawl to Judge. Rams coach Sean McVay said he was shaking hands and did not see what happened.