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The Washington Football Team were absolutely destroyed by the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night. Dallas came away with a 56-14 win over Ron Rivera's team, in a game that was virtually over by halftime.
The Football Team arguably even showed more fight on the sidelines than on the field, and we mean that quite literally, as Washington defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne were seen getting physical with each other during the blowout.
Following the game, Rivera tried to add context to the extra-curricular activities happening within the team, including the skirmish between Washington teammates Allen and Payne, who were, interestingly enough, both products of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Via Ben Standig of The Athletic:
“You have to deal with those things. And it’s tough. It’s not easy to try to separate and compartmentalize situations like that,” Rivera said. “It spills over. It’s human nature. These guys are more than just robots. These guys have feelings. These are players. These are people.
“They got a teammate going through something right now. It’s tough. You have an opportunity and you don’t have everybody playing. That’s hard on them. That’s not normal shit. That’s real-life shit. And that’s what they’re dealing with.”
Hopefully for Washington, the awful loss to the Cowboys and the ugly confrontation between Allen and Payne will be something the Football Team will laugh about in the future. For now, their mission is to win both their remaining two games and hope that things outside of their control would fall their way to make the playoffs.
