Monday night at MetLife Stadium represented a bit of a homecoming for Detroit Lions tight end Eric Ebron, who grew up in Newark, N.J. as a New York Giants fan. But despite the win and having scored a touchdown, Ebron was a little heated during and after the game.

On the offensive series before his touchdown — his first since Week 1 of the 2016 season — Ebron was on the receiving end of a crushing hit by Collins. Needless to say, when he did finally get into the end zone, he was in no real mood to celebrate.

“I was off,” Ebron told The Detroit News. “I was off at that little punk of a safety they’ve got over there.”

As angry as Ebron was, he wasn’t necessarily being intentionally derogatory towards Collins. In fact, he was complimentary of the All-Pro safety, saying he plays a good game and unloads some pretty brutal hits.

“Collins, he played a good game, that hit just me off and I didn’t feel like celebrating,” Ebron said. “I wasn’t in that kind of joyful mood. It was still a good game. He played his butt off trying to guard me. I commend him for that.”

After Ebron’s touchdown, he threw the ball up in the air and it ended up hitting Collins unintentionally. Taking exception to that, Collins said a few words, Ebron said a few words back and they got face-to-face.

“I just told him good hit,” Ebron said. “He may have said some other things, but it’s cool.”

Ebron and Collins were eventually separated by teammates and had no more incidents throughout the game. However, it’ll be interesting to see how things flare up should the two meet again somewhere down the line.