Overview
- Payne was ejected in Week 10 after striking St. Brown following a Lions touchdown during Detroit’s 44-22 win in Landover.
- League discipline cited Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 and Rule 12, Section 2, Article 14(d), which prohibit punching and blows to the head or neck.
- Hearing officer Ramon Foster, jointly appointed by the NFL and NFLPA, denied Payne’s appeal and confirmed the one-game ban.
- Payne later posted video claiming St. Brown swung at him earlier, a disputed assertion that did not alter the league’s decision.
- Washington also saw Javon Kinlaw flagged 15 yards for contacting an official during the fracas, though he was not ejected.