Giants strong safety Jabrill Peppers and Washington strong safety Landon Collins had to be separated after Sunday’s game, which the Giants won, 24-3.

When the game ended, Collins jawed at the Giants’ bench. (He played for them from 2015-18.) A skirmish began. Peppers and Collins locked up in the middle of a crowd, but it wasn’t a full-blown fight. Other players gathered closely around Peppers and Collins, apparently trying to defuse the situation.

As Peppers was pulled away, out of the scrum, he grumbled about how Collins was angry.

Peppers then began yelling back toward the scrum: “We’re gonna see y’all again! And I want all of that!”

The Giants traded for Peppers this past offseason, after they let Collins leave for Washington in free agency. Collins was upset with Giants general manager Dave Gettleman (and still is) — and he hoped to exact some revenge Sunday. But things didn’t work out that way.

Collins initially declined to comment on what happened with Peppers after the game.

But then he ripped Peppers.

“He just started yapping," Collins told Newsday. "If I had a good game, I’m not going to sit there and trash talk the opponent, especially a guy that’s been doing it way longer than you and better than you.

“He made his first play today in four weeks? I mean, I made plenty of plays in that jersey and I’m still making plays. He just started talking. You know I’m not that kind of person, so for me to get that way [confrontational with Peppers], you’ve got to start talking to me."

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Peppers had this to say about the skirmish: “That’s all love. I respect what he did in his career. It’s just football. There’s nothing to it.”

Peppers on Sunday had a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown. When he was asked about Collins making his return to MetLife Stadium, Peppers said Sunday was a prove-it game.

(The Collins-Peppers comparisons were inevitable this season. The Giants even gave Peppers the same No. 21 that Collins wore.)

“I definitely felt like this was a great game for me to come out here, maybe change the narrative a little bit," Peppers said.

He said all the talk about Collins — and the Giants losing his extensive skills — this offseason “adds fuel to the fire.”

The Giants visit Washington in Week 16, on Dec. 22. So Collins and Peppers will have to wait a while before they can reignite that fire.

(NJ Advance Media’s Chris Faytok contributed to this story.)

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