No suspensions looming as Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles talk about brawl fallout

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Monday that no suspensions are expected from Saturday's fight between the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles.

"The players' actions will be reviewed for discipline in the form of fines," Schefter added.

With less than five minutes left and after the Eagles’ final touchdown, Philadelphia opted for a two-point attempt, converting to push the Commanders’ deficit to 29-10. While a brief celebration from Saquon Barkley followed, what erupted was a brawl in the moments after the conversion with Commanders defenders Javon Kinlaw and safety Quan Martin, along with Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen, all disqualified for throwing punches.

“This team don’t like us. It’s just the truth,” Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said after the game. “And we don’t like them, either.”

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn noted “that’s their choice” after the loss in regards to Philadelphia’s decision to go for two, opting to review the footage.

“Our guys are absolutely going to stick up for themselves and for their teammates.”

Eagles head coach Nick Sirriani said postgame, “we did that in what we thought was the best interest. To go up one more point in my mind is not running up the score." 

Still, Quinn made clear the fallout of the melee is the result the team is trying to avoid to close the 2025 season despite chippy battles against the divisional rival in each of the last three matchups.

“I don't want those punches thrown,” head coach Dan Quinn said on Sunday. “Both teams want to play tough, want to have good battles. And I loved so much of the first half of the game of a physical game, but never where we're crossing the line on either team. So, we want it tough, we want it physical, but never to where somebody's getting jammed up on punches thrown, penalties, all of that. We can play tough, we can play physical and we can do it without punching. Both teams know that and that'll certainly be brought across to our team. I'll let Nick handle his team. But yeah, definitely not what we want. And both sides, that'll be a big emphasis for us, for sure.”

"Bobby Wagner did a really good job of making it make sense to me in that moment: 'What, you get to throw two to three punches at a helmet, hopefully you don't break a hand, just to say you're a tough guy?' It's not really worth it, and you lose a lot of money too," Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said. "It's chippy out there, and we have a lot of history with this team since I've been here and in the past. But this team don't like us. That's just the truth. We don't like them either. But we've got to keep it to football."

Washington and Philadelphia will take the field once more to close the regular season in Philadelphia, though the question remains who from the Eagles will play and for how long with a postseason berth already secured and a chance to maximize rest ahead of the playoffs.