Is he basically admitting that Kyle "came after him", which is what he disputed in his law suit?
Those were his buddies right? Turns out not and for good reason.
That fight did happen. Jesse shot his mouth off to the wrong people and got his clock cleaned. Other SEALS saw it but was deep in their cups.
Jesse’s fight was with Kyle, not his family. After Kyle was killed helping a fellow vet overcome his PTSD, Jesse should have let the whole subject die. But since “the Brain” has a ego that’s bigger than his IQ, went after a dead man family. Now he is shunned by other SEALs and to me, that’s a death without dying.