Daron Payne Out: Commanders Have Two Active DTs — SkimNews
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- Daron Payne suffered a season-ending Jones fracture during Friday’s practice and will be sidelined for the rest of the year.
- Daron Payne has one sack, 14 tackles, two tackles for loss and five quarterback hits while playing nearly three-quarters of Washington’s defensive snaps, but his key work against the run and in occupying opposing offensive linemen is not captured by those totals.
- Commanders have only Tim Settle and Shy Tuttle as active interior defensive linemen: Javon Kinlaw is out with a knee injury, while Johnny Newton has not played this year because of a pec injury and remains questionable.
- Daron Payne is in the final year of a four-year, $90 million extension; his season-ending injury also takes him off the board as a potential trade target for a defensive tackle-needy team.
- Commanders sit at 1-4-1 and return from a bye Sunday night against the Eagles, a game the team desperately needs to win.
- Commanders have been depleted further by Laremy Tunsil’s triceps injury and Terry McLaurin’s torn patellar tendon in Week 6, while Leo Chenal and Jaylin Lane are done for the season and Jayden Daniels, Sam Cosmi, Stefon Diggs and Jacory Croskey-Merritt have also missed time.
Why it matters: With Javon Kinlaw out and Johnny Newton questionable, Washington has only Tim Settle and Shy Tuttle as active interior linemen. Payne had handled nearly three-quarters of the team’s defensive snaps and was key to run defense and occupying offensive linemen, leaving the Commanders with only a two-player group inside for the Eagles.
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