Source: Commanders punish players for drinking

ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Commanders disciplined a fistful of players for violating a league regularisation astir drinking connected a squad plane, but the league volition instrumentality nary further action, a root confirmed to ESPN connected Friday.

The NFL sent a memo to each squad Friday day from commissioner Roger Goodell, reminding them of the regularisation and that immoderate violations would effect successful "significant discipline." After the Tennessee Titans' triumph implicit the Green Bay Packers connected Thursday night, Titans violative coordinator Todd Downing was arrested for DUI aboriginal Friday.

Washington backmost Taylor Heinicke was among the fistful of players shown connected video with intoxicant pursuing Monday's triumph astatine Philadelphia. On the squad plane, players mimicked Minnesota's solemnisation with its backmost Kirk Cousins by placing chains astir Heinicke's neck. He was shown holding Busch Light beer.

On Tuesday morning, Washington manager Ron Rivera called the league to pass them his disciplinary plans. He past addressed it successful a squad meeting. It's uncertain what disciplinary enactment helium took.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said, "The league reviewed the substance this week and we are satisfied with the subject administered by the club. There volition beryllium nary further enactment taken by the league."

The Commanders did not proviso the alcohol, a root said.

According to the source, the memo stated, "In airy of caller events, clubs are reminded that League argumentation prohibits alcoholic beverages, including beer, successful the locker rooms, signifier oregon bureau facilities, oregon portion traveling connected squad buses oregon planes astatine immoderate clip during the preseason, regular season, oregon postseason. This applies to each players, coaches, nine personnel, and guests traveling with your team."

The memo reminded teams that the argumentation had been successful spot for galore years.

"Making intoxicant disposable astatine nine facilities oregon portion traveling creates important and unnecessary risks to the League, its players, coaches and others," the connection read. "Violations of this important argumentation volition beryllium taken earnestly and volition effect successful important discipline.

"Each nine should guarantee that its question arrangements bash not see providing intoxicant work astatine immoderate clip and should besides instrumentality due steps to corroborate that intoxicant (whether brew oregon immoderate different alcoholic beverage) is not disposable astatine its facility."

After Monday's win, Washington's young players celebrated with gusto successful the locker country -- blaring music, dancing and singing. While Rivera said helium appreciated their energy, helium wants them to behave otherwise aft wins.

"We've not arrived by immoderate means," Rivera said Tuesday. "The champion happening it shows that this is the archetypal clip they've been there. People archer you enactment similar you've been there, well, I'm going to springiness them a small grief for that. I get it. I admit the vigor and the excitement present we person to understand, enactment similar you've been there, due to the fact that present they've been there."

NFL Network archetypal reported quality of the Commanders' discipline.