Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio deleted his Twitter account Saturday, one day after he was fined for comments relating to a tweet he made a week ago.
Washington fined Del Rio $100,000 Friday for controversial comments he made earlier in the week, referring to the events of Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol as a "dustup."
The team had no statement on Del Rio deleting his account; Del Rio did not immediately respond to a text message from ESPN.
On Friday, Rivera said in a statement that Del Rio's comments do not reflect the organization's views and are extremely hurtful to the D.