The Washington Commanders have fined defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000 following his comments earlier in the week referring to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol as a "dustup" while comparing that day to "riots, looting, burning" during protests in the summer of 2020.
In a statement, Washington coach Ron Rivera said he met with Del Rio on Friday morning to express his disappointment in the coordinator's comments.
"His comments do not reflect the organization's views and are extremely hurtful to our great community here in the DMV," Rivera said. "As we saw last night in the hearings, what happened on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was an act of domestic terrorism.