November 10, 2025
The NFL launched that the defensive handle was suspended for an act of unsportsmanlike conduct.
Washington Commanders defensive handle Daron Payne has been suspended for a recreation after he hit the Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown all through the top after the Lions scored a landing, the NFL launched.
The act, which led to Payne being ejected from the sport, occurred all through the second quarter of the Lions’ decisive 44-22 victory on Nov. 9.
“All by the second quarter, Payne was disqualified for placing Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown, a violation of Rule 12, Half 3, Article 1, which applies to ‘any act which is reverse to the last word understood ideas of sportsmanship,’ together with ‘throwing a punch or a forearm,’ and Rule 12, Half 2, Article 14(d), which prohibits ‘inserting, swinging at, or clubbing the top or neck of an opponent with the wrist(s), arm(s), elbow(s), or hand(s),” the league acknowledged in a press launch.
Payne can to return to the sphere on Nov. 17, after the Commanders’ subsequent recreation in opposition to the Miami Dolphins in Madrid. Payne might enchantment the suspension.
St. Brown was strolling within the path of the sidelines when Payne rotated and punched him all through the (helmeted) face after Lions working as soon as extra Jahmyr Gibbs rushed 13 yards to attain a landing, extending the Lions’ result in 17 parts.
After the infraction, the Lions kicked a two-point conversion to make it 22-3, however the Commanders’ Javon Kinlaw obtained a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after he made contact with an official on the sphere.
Whereas the Lions look to be on a playoff push, the Commanders are spiraling. The staff misplaced their fourth straight recreation, all of which have been by a minimum of 20 parts.
Closing season, the Commanders had been 12-5 and made the playoffs for the primary time on condition that 2020 season. They’ve already misplaced additional video video video games this 12 months than they did all of final season.
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