The big hit from Andre Cisco that concussed Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been forgiven.
On Thursday, Smith-Schuster told reporters that the Jacksonville Jaguars safety reached out via a direct message on social media to apologize for the hit.
JuJu Smith-Schuster says he got a message from Jaguars safety Andre Cisco after the hit that knocked him out in Week 10: “Yeah, I got a DM from him. … He slid into my DMs,” he laughed. Said there’s no hard feelings between them. pic.twitter.com/GOMoyIjpFL
— Sports Radio 810 WHB (@SportsRadio810) January 19, 2023
Cisco, 22, was public enemy No. 1 in Kansas City when he leveled to Chiefs receivers with hits that didn’t draw penalties. While a flag was initially thrown for his hit on Smith-Schuster, officials picked it up after a discussion.
Andre Cisco just knocked out Juju pic.twitter.com/sIhsjKHapc
— Laurie Fitzpatrick (@LaurieFitzptrck) November 13, 2022
Still, Cisco was fined $6,612 for the hit and Chiefs players weren’t happy about the play.
“We were mad,” Chiefs safety Justin Reid said after the game, via ABC News. “I’ve had a lot of big hits and not once have I made helmet-to-helmet contact like that.”
With the rematch between the Chiefs and Jaguars set for Saturday, the bad blood appears to be in the rearview mirror.
Cisco was the Jaguars’ third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and finished the regular season with three interceptions, one of which came in the 27-17 loss to the Chiefs in November.