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Commanders DC Jack Del Rio fined for Jan. 6 comments

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 6/10/22

The Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection committee hearings began in prime time on Thursday night. On Wednesday, Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio created quite a stir with comments regarding the early-2021 riots, referring to the event as a "dust-up."

Del Rio later apologized for his words, but on Friday, head coach Ron Rivera announced that the comments would cost his colleague some money.

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— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) June 10, 2022

A former head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars and then-Oakland Raiders, Del Rio's initial comments on Wednesday came in the wake of his controversial tweet comparing protests following the killing of George Floyd with the Capitol Insurrection.

Would love to understand “the whole story “ about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is ???#CommonSense
— Jack Del Rio (@coachdelrio) June 7, 2022