NFL senior vice president of officiating Walt Anderson confirmed that Dre Greenlaw’s controversial hit on Justin Herbert indeed was a “flagrant” act.
“That is correct. What the officials had was a flag for a player lowering his head and making forcible contact and Rule 19 allows us when a flag is thrown to examine the play and if we feel the action is flagrant then the rule allows us to disqualify the player and that’s what we determined. It was a flagrant act.”“The timing, the manner in which the player had an opportunity to make other choices and to make a different decision. Those all go into factoring whether something is flagrant.
After the initial play, it was clear that Greenlaw disagreed with the call. After he was ejected from the game, the 49ers linebacker proceeded to post anWith the league confirming that the initial call on the field indeed was a"flagrant" act, Greenlaw likely is facing a fine in the coming days. Fortunately for the 49ers, the defense held strong without their starting linebacker and cruised to a primetime win over the Chargers.
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