Overview
- The league fined Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown $12,172 for unnecessary roughness for striking Daron Payne’s facemask, but did not suspend him.
- Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne was ejected for punching St. Brown in Week 10 and will serve a one-game suspension after his appeal was denied.
- Payne’s absence rules him out of Washington’s Week 11 game in Madrid against the Dolphins, whereas St. Brown remains available for Detroit’s primetime trip to Philadelphia.
- Video Payne posted to social media showed St. Brown swiping at his helmet earlier in the sequence, an action officials did not flag during the game.
- The NFL also fined Washington’s Javon Kinlaw $28,555 for unsportsmanlike conduct involving contact with an official and linebacker Ale Kaho $46,371 for illegal use of the helmet.