The Dallas Cowboys trounced the Washington football team on Sunday night, losing 56-14 in Arlington, Texas.
The Cowboys improved to 11–4 in the season and won the NFC East title.
As Washington split at AT&T Stadium, anger also flared up on the sidelines. Defensive linemen Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne, who were teammates in Alabama, got into an altercation that was caught on camera an NBC broadcast.
Payne appeared to stick a finger to his partner's face, and Allen retaliated with a punch.
"I don't think it takes a rocket scientist ... If you look at how this game went, emotions are high, things are high, things happen," Allen told reporters after the game when he was asked about the controversy. was asked about.
Payne described the incident as "simply a younger brother's disagreement, maybe the wrong place, the wrong time, but it happened."
Washington is now 6-9 after three consecutive losses and hopes for a post-season run are over.
Washington coach Ron Rivera said he had spoken to both players about what happened on the field, but that no disciplinary action would be taken against them.
"I spoke with him and as far as I'm concerned, it's going to stop there," Rivera told reporters. "What my players tell me is nobody's business."
Allen was asked whether the controversy had anything to do with how many players were injured and the Covid-19 issues that have affected the Washington team recently.
"It certainly affects us, but it's our job as professionals to go out there and play good football, which has been some of the worst football I've ever been a part of for the past two weeks - in which I We have no one to blame other than ourselves.
"When something happens on the field, you never let it take you to the locker room," Allen said. "Things heat up, we fix them, we grow up and sit down and we move on.