2025 Defense Stats
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46
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Payne has missed just one game in seven seasons since Washington took him 13th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, but his production has dipped a bit in recent years, with 2024 featuring a career low of 42 tackles even though he started all 17 regular-season games. It was also his second straight year with exactly 4.0 sacks, after he recorded a career-high 11.5 in 2022 to earn his first and only Pro Bowl nomination. While he figures to keep his starting job, Payne doesn't warrant attention in most IDP leagues. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a four-year, $90 million contract with the Commanders in March of 2023.
Steady production in 2025
Payne recorded 46 total tackles (20 solo), including 3.0 sacks, while also adding five passes defensed and a forced fumble over 15 games during the 2025 regular season.
ANALYSIS
Payne maintained his consistent level of production in his eighth campaign in Washington, securing at least 3.0 sacks for the sixth straight year and seventh time overall. The defensive lineman had appeared in every regular-season contest with the team in each of the last five years, but he was forced to miss two games in 2025, one due to a suspension and the other as a result of a back injury. Payne will enter the 2026 campaign in the final year of his four-year, $90 million contract with the Commanders.
Payne maintained his consistent level of production in his eighth campaign in Washington, securing at least 3.0 sacks for the sixth straight year and seventh time overall. The defensive lineman had appeared in every regular-season contest with the team in each of the last five years, but he was forced to miss two games in 2025, one due to a suspension and the other as a result of a back injury. Payne will enter the 2026 campaign in the final year of his four-year, $90 million contract with the Commanders.
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Measurables Review
How do Daron Payne's measurables compare to other defensive tackles?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
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6' 3"Weight
320 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.95 secShuttle Time
4.71 secCone Drill
7.58 secVertical Jump
28.5 inBroad Jump
107 inBench Press
27 repsHand Length
9.38 inArm Length
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Payne has missed just one game in six seasons since Washington took him 13th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, but the quality of his performance hasn't been as consistent as his availability. He's often received poor PFF grades for run defense, though in 2022 he made up for it with career highs in sacks (11.5) and QB hits (20) in the first season of his four-year, $90 million extension. Payne then dropped off to four sacks and 11 QB hits in 2023, with his 53 tackles being a career low. That said, he's at least been remarkably consistent with the tackle totals, landing between 53 and 64 each season.
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Practicing fully
Payne (back) was a full participant in Wednesday's practice.
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Won't play vs. Dallas
Payne (back) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Cowboys.
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Estimated as DNP on Monday
Payne (back) was listed as a non-participant on Monday's estimated practice report.
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Suspension lifted
The NFL lifted Payne's one-game suspension Monday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.
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Suspension upheld on appeal
Payne's one-game suspension was upheld on appeal Monday, Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reports.
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Offseason work shining in OTAs
Defensive coordinator Joe Whitt told reporters Wednesday that Payne has stood out early in workouts and OTAs, Ben Standig of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Payne's production over the last two seasons hasn't matched his output from 2022, when he posted 53 total tackles, including a career-high 11.5 sacks, five pass defenses and one fumble recovery across 17 regular-season games, which earned him a four-year, $90 million contract extension in March 2023. His work ethic in OTAs has drawn the attention of players and coaches, with Whitt relaying that Payne "looks really good. He looks in tempo." Payne is expected to step into a bigger role in 2025 -- both on and off the field -- after two-time Pro Bowler Jonathan Allen was released by the Commanders in early March.
Payne's production over the last two seasons hasn't matched his output from 2022, when he posted 53 total tackles, including a career-high 11.5 sacks, five pass defenses and one fumble recovery across 17 regular-season games, which earned him a four-year, $90 million contract extension in March 2023. His work ethic in OTAs has drawn the attention of players and coaches, with Whitt relaying that Payne "looks really good. He looks in tempo." Payne is expected to step into a bigger role in 2025 -- both on and off the field -- after two-time Pro Bowler Jonathan Allen was released by the Commanders in early March.