The NFL has suspended Daron Payne for one recreation after the Commanders defensive lineman punched Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown on Sunday.
The NFL introduced Monday that Payne was suspended with out pay for unsportsmanlike conduct. He has the choice to attraction the suspension.
The Commanders are scheduled to play the Dolphins in Madrid subsequent Sunday. Payne can be eligible to return to the workforce the next day.
Payne was ejected within the second quarter of Sunday’s 44-22 loss to the Lions. It marked the primary profession ejection for the eight-year veteran.
After Detroit scored its third landing of the primary half, Payne slugged St. Brown together with his proper hand after a verbal change. He was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and an computerized ejection.
Washington defensive sort out Javon Kinlaw stated after the sport that St. Brown had punched Payne.
“Yeah for certain, and so they [saw it], too,” Kinlaw stated of the refs. “It’s some bulls—. one hundred pc.
“Daron retaliated. The refs actually noticed the primary punch. I don’t blame him for the way in which he reacted. Tempers acquired to flaring.”
St. Brown instructed reporters after he recreation that “two performs earlier than that we acquired into just a little scuffle, backwards and forwards.
“Then we find yourself scoring, and I’m going as much as him,” the Lions star receiver stated. “I say just a little one thing, nothing loopy, after which he decides to swing on me.”
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