After the third touchdown scored by the Detroit Lions, the game came to a screeching halt, and the FOX broadcast went between shots of the coaches on the sideline and Amon-Ra St. Brown visibly upset and voicing his opinion to someone off camera.

Come to find out, between the second touchdown scored by Jahmyr Gibbs and the Lions point-after try, Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne had sucker punched St. Brown.

Payne was officially ejected for unnecessary roughness, and the Lions decided to use the penalty yardage gained to attempt a two-point conversion—which they converted with a run up the middle by David Montgomery, making the score 22-3, Lions.

On the same play, Commanders defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw also received a flag for touching an official. Kinlaw, somehow, was not also

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