Eagles' Tyler Steen, 4 Commanders fined for brawl in Week 16
Eagles right guard Tyler Steen was fined $16,870 for his involvement in a fight against the Commanders in the fourth quarter last Saturday.
The Eagles beat the Commanders 29-18 but emotions flared after the Eagles converted a two-point conversion to put them up 19 points late in the fourth quarter.
Steen was actually fined twice. Once for unnecessary roughness (striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing) and once for unsportsmanlike conduct (swung). Both fines were $8,435.
Steen was ejected, along with Washington players Javon Kinlaw and Quan Martin, who were also involved in the brawl. Four different Commanders were fined for their part in the brawl.
All of these fines came from the 4:26 mark in the 4th quarter:
PHI Tyler Steen: $8,435 for unnecessary roughness; $8,435 for unsportsmanlike conduct
WAS Javon Kinlaw: $20,288 for unsportsmanlike conduct (swung)
WAS Quan Martin: $11,572 for unnecessary roughness (striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing)
WAS Mike Sainristil: $9,725 for unnecessary roughness (striking/kicking/tripping/kneeing)
WAS Will Harris: $11,593 for unnecessary roughness (facemask)
What happened during that moment?
“Nobody really said anything specific, at least not that I remember,” Steen said this week. “I just remember after the play there was a lot of commotion and things escalated pretty quickly and then got out of hand.
“Emotions are high, everybody’s kind of amped up, and things like that can happen pretty quickly. They were obviously upset because we’re winning the game by a good amount. So, you know, things like that just happen.”
The Eagles play the Bills in Buffalo on Sunday but will host the Commanders in a rematch in Week 18. While it’s possible the Eagles won’t have any reason to play their starters, there’s a chance the regular season finale could get chippy again. The Eagles will be hosting at least one playoff game, while the Commanders have been long eliminated from the postseason.
Still, there’s a chance tempers could flare in Week 18, but Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni wants his players to keep their cool.
“I keep all my conversations private, but we never want anything like that to take place,” Sirianni said on Monday. “We want to play fast and physical and we want to be able to do that all within the rules of the game. I understand that the game gets chippy at times, but we always want to make sure we’re keeping our cool in those scenarios because we need everybody and you got to play within the rules of the game.”
