"The Washington Commanders lost their cool during a beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Lions in Week 10. And according to one NFL insider, things should have been a lot worse. Nobody likes getting manhandled, especially in the trenches. Frustrations boiled over, with defensive tackle Daron Payne being ejected for throwing a punch at wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who had instigated this reaction a few plays before without reprisal from the referees."
"Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the officials did not want to eject a player on consecutive plays. Of course, that shouldn't matter. If a player does something for which he should be ejected, he should be ejected. That fact that someone else was properly ejected one play earlier is irrelevant. It's a bad precedent for officials, creating essentially open season on the play after a player is ejected. [Javon] Kinlaw also wasn't suspended. If he was going to be, it would have happened by now."
The Washington Commanders were dominated by the Detroit Lions in Week 10, and frustrations in the trenches boiled over. Defensive tackle Daron Payne was ejected for punching Amon-Ra St. Brown after St. Brown had provoked him earlier without a penalty. On the very next play, Javon Kinlaw was flagged for pushing an official, an action that normally results in ejection, but officials chose not to eject him. The decision reportedly stemmed from a desire to avoid removing players on consecutive plays. Kinlaw faces a likely fine but was not suspended, while Payne was suspended following an appeal loss.
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