{"id":367940,"date":"2025-11-09T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/367940\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:44:11","slug":"commanders-daron-payne-ejected-for-throwing-punch-vs-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/367940\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders&#8217; Daron Payne ejected for throwing punch vs. Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/keim_john.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>John KeimNov 9, 2025, 05:58 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored\/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on &#8216;The John Keim Report&#8217;, which airs on ESPN Richmond radio.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LANDOVER, Md. &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fbeaf73e-6d6c-cca4-0809-713d9d741f90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-commanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a> defensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"ae4096c4-dfff-7644-8bef-8826dd1b4d56\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3925354\/daron-payne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daron Payne<\/a> was ejected in the second quarter of Sunday&#8217;s game against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56caffee-178d-f6f2-a076-b277486b8c32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-lions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lions<\/a> after punching Detroit receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4374302\/amon-ra-st-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amon-Ra St. Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Detroit scored its third touchdown of the first half, Payne slugged St. Brown with his right hand after a verbal exchange. He was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and an automatic ejection.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the first time Payne, in his eighth season, has been ejected from a game.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46871735\/nfl-week-10-2025-season-questions-takeaways-lessons-stats-recap-every-game\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/r1573248_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Detroit succeeded on the 2-point conversion to take a 22-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Washington&#8217;s defense has struggled all season &#8212; in the past four weeks, the Commanders ranked 31st in the NFL in both yards and points allowed &#8212; but its main strength was the interior of the defensive line led by Payne and <a data-player-guid=\"3c1b9124-32f5-acb0-ffd6-c382b764638d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4259491\/javon-kinlaw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javon Kinlaw<\/a>. Payne&#8217;s five tackles for a loss are third on the team.<\/p>\n<p>Kinlaw earned an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty one play after Payne&#8217;s ejection following the conversion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John KeimNov 9, 2025, 05:58 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. 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