Sunday Night Football: As Dallas Cowboys run riot, tempers flare on Washington Football Team sideline

Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys tosses a pass during the primary half against the Washington Football Team at the AT&T Stadium on December 26, 2021, in Arlington, Texas.
  • Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys tosses a pass during the primary half against the Washington Football Team at the AT&T Stadium on December 26, 2021, in Arlington, Texas.



CNN The Dallas Cowboys pounded the Washington Football Team on Sunday night, obliterating them 56-14 in Arlington, Texas.

The Cowboys improved to 11-4 on the season and have secured the NFC East title.


As Washington self-destructed at the AT&T Stadium, emotions likewise erupted on the sideline. Cautious linemen Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne, who were colleagues at Alabama, got into a squabble that NBC's transmission got on camera.


Payne seemed to put a finger in his partner's face and Allen fought back by throwing a right hook.


"I don't think it takes a scientific genius ... Assuming you check out how that game went, feelings are high, things are high, things occur," Allen told journalists later in the game when he was gotten some information about the quarrel.

Ezekiel Elliott #21 of the Dallas Cowboys surges with the ball during the principal half.
  • Ezekiel Elliott #21 of the Dallas Cowboys surges with the ball during the principal half.


Chauncey Golston #59 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates subsequent to recuperating an obstructed dropkick for a score during the second from last quarter.
  • Chauncey Golston #59 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates after recuperating an obstructed dropkick for a score during the second from last quarter.

Payne portrayed the occurrence as "somewhat charitable conflict; possibly some unacceptable spot, wrong time, however, it occurred."


Washington is currently 6-9 later three losses in succession with its postseason trusts everything except over.


Washington mentor Ron Rivera said he had addressed the two players concerning what had occurred on the sideline, yet that no disciplinary move would be made against them.


"I chatted with them, and, all things considered, that is the place where it will remain," Rivera told columnists. "What my players say to me is no one's business."


  • Micah Parsons #11 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates following a sack during the last part.

Allen was inquired as to whether the fight had a say in how different player wounds and Covid-19 issues have as of late affected the Washington group.


"It most certainly influences us however as experts we must go out there and play great football which throughout the previous fourteen days has been a portion of the most noticeably awful football that I've at any point been a piece of - - including myself. We have nobody to fault separated from ourselves.


"When something occurs on the field, you never allowed it to convey into the storage space," added Allen. "Things get warmed, we fix them, we plunk down as developed me and we continue on.


"I'll assume full liability for my activities thus will Payne."



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