The Detroit Lions–Washington Commanders game basically turned into a full-on high school fight club — but the real fun started a few days later when new footage dropped and the NFL went: “Wait… EVERYBODY was throwing punches??”
Amon-Ra St. Brown thought he walked out of the game as the “clean boy” who didn’t throw hands — but bad news, brother! The new video showed he wasn’t innocent at all.
Result? A nice $12,172 fine.
Suspension? Nope. The NFL said, “We’ll let you slide… for now.”
But the biggest chaos centered around Commanders defensive lineman Daron Payne. Payne was ejected in the game after he punched St. Brown out of pure rage. Later, the NFL suspended him for the Week 11 game in Spain against the Dolphins.
But after the new footage surfaced, fans noticed something spicy…
Turns out St. Brown’s fist actually hit Payne’s helmet first.
Now the whole story looks like a movie script:
First Amon-Ra punches → then Payne punches back → and finally the NFL shows up with its belt out, handing fines to everybody.
Include this quote in the post about the leaked footage:
Here’s the video of Amon-Ra St. Brown swinging on Daron Payne a few plays before Payne swung back and got ejected. This tells the other side of the story. pic.twitter.com/M7jUH9zcGr
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) November 11, 2025
Meanwhile, St. Brown explained everything on his podcast — and the vibe felt like someone admitting their mistake to a friend while trying to give an excuse at the same time.
He said:
“I’m like what the f–k, so I hit him and he starts talking s–t… And then I hit him again, and I accidentally hit him in … I didn’t even mean to jab him in the face, I just meant to push him off, and it so happened that I hit him in the face.
“And at that point I was like, ‘Damn, I shouldn’t have done that.’ Probably a flag, whatever. Ref was standing right there. He didn’t throw the flag, so that’s that.”
It’s like the NFL told everyone:
“Go ahead, punch each other… we’ll just open our notebook and write down the fines.”
• Javon Kinlaw: $28,555
• Ale Kaho: $46,371
• Daron Payne: Punch + Ejection + Suspension
• Amon-Ra St. Brown: The classic “Oops, my bad!” fine
But performance-wise, St. Brown hasn’t slowed down one bit.
He already has 693 yards and 8 touchdowns this season.
Jared Goff basically treats him like a personal Wi-Fi hotspot — whenever he needs a connection, he just finds Amon-Ra.
All things considered, this game could’ve easily been called “Punch Bowl Sunday” in NFL history.
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