ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — With quarterback Jayden Daniels out long term and the defense also ravaged by injuries, the Washington Commanders got one piece of good news when linebacker Frankie Luvu’s suspension for repeated hip-drop tackles was reduced to a $100,000 fine.

“Just a relief, you know what I mean? A weight off my shoulders,” Luvu said Wednesday, a day after winning an appeal of his one-game ban for his third violation of the hip-drop tackle rule . "I know the rule has changed drastically over the years, but just … I’m never trying to step out on the field and trying to hurt somebody. That’s never my intentions.”

Officials held their flags when Luvu brought down Jaxon Smith-Njigba during the first quarter of Washington’s 38-14 loss to Seattle on Sunday night.

But the NFL later

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