Javon Kinlaw wasn't ejected — but should have been — for making contact with an official

On Sunday, Commanders defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw apparently was saved from an ejection because of teammate Daron Payne’s ejection.

The George McFly-style roundhouse punch to Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown got Payne disqualified, and then suspended. After the very next play, a two-point conversion attempt after a Detroit touchdown, Kinlaw made contact with umpire Brandon Cruse. Kinlaw was flagged but not kicked out of the game.

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 irrelvant.

It’s a bad precedent for officials, creating