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Amon-Ra St. Brown’s wallet is about to get a little lighter.
The NFL ordered the Detroit Lions wide receiver to pay a $12,172 fine for his role in an altercation in Week 10, according to the NFL Network. St. Brown appeared to hit Washington Commander defensive lineman Daron Payne’s face mask last week.
Despite his insistence that St. Brown was the antagonist in the situation, Payne was ejected from the game.
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) warms up before the Washington Commanders game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The Commanders ultimately suffered a 44-22 loss to the Lions.
LIONS’ AMON-RA ST BROWN APOLOGIZES IF HE ‘OFFENDED’ SOMEONE WITH TRUMP DANCE IN GAME VS COMMANDERS
The judges did not throw a flag at St. Brown on the game. It was unclear if officials saw the receiver’s initial actions. But Payne’s punch was spotted, leading to his ejection.
Payne was not in uniform Sunday when he served a one-game suspension during Washington’s 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in the NFL’s first-ever game in Madrid.
Daron Payne (94) of the Washington Commanders runs off the field at halftime during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Northwest Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
St. Brown made more headlines during last week’s game at Northwest Stadium when he performed a celebratory touchdown dance. After catching a 9-yard pass from quarterback Jared Goff in the first quarter, the St. Brown out in a dance that served as a nod to President Donald Trump, who attended the game.
Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a regular season NFL game since Jimmy Carter in 1978.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) celebrates a touchdown against the Washington Commanders in the first half at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Junfu Han/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
St. Brown later addressed his actions and offered an apology to anyone who may have taken issue with his choice of dance.
“If I offended anybody, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend anybody. We’re just having fun,” the Lions wideout said on the “St. Brown Podcast,” co-hosted by his brother Equanimeous St. Brown. “If a president was at that game, if they had a dance, I would have done it. It had nothing to do with who the president was.”
St. Brown has 693 receiving yards and eight touchdowns this season. The Philadelphia Eagles host the Lions on Sunday night.
