Jauan Jennings throws punch at Tre’Von Moehrig after cheap shot in 49ers’ win over Panthers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco receiver Jauan Jennings responded to an affordable shot from Carolina security Tre’Von Moehrig late in Monday night time’s recreation by throwing a punch after the ultimate whistle.

Tv cameras caught Moehrig delivering a punch to Jennings’ groin space late within the 49ers’ 20-9 victory over the Panthers. Jennings responded by strolling over to Moehrig after the sport and hitting him within the helmet earlier than giving him a shove.

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Jennings then wanted to be held again earlier than the groups left the sector.

“I used to be simply responding to some infantile habits,” Jennings mentioned.

Moehrig mentioned his shot at Jennings was in response to bodily play after the whistle and trash speaking all through the sport. He acknowledged that he seemingly will likely be fined for his actions.

“He was pushing me within the again and stuff, so, you recognize. That’s actually all it was,” Moehrig mentioned. “There actually isn’t a lot to it. It was simply that, you recognize what I’m saying? Like I mentioned, I’ll take that one. He wished to do some soiled stuff, so. … It’s what it’s man.”

Jennings has a historical past of bodily play together with his aggressive blocking and operating type. That led to him getting ejected after a scuffle with Arizona cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting in final season’s finale and now the run-in with Moehrig.

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However Jennings mentioned he was stunned with how Moehrig reacted, with the blow to a delicate space.

“It was simply out of nowhere,” Jennings mentioned. “It’s in all probability simply the historical past of me enjoying ball. I play exhausting. I’m bodily stronger than loads of DBs on the market. Quite a lot of issues occur in between the whistle with me at the least.”

San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan known as Moehrig’s actions a “low cost shot” and was glad that Jennings did not have a fair greater response.

“I used to be actual pleased with Jauan for not dropping his thoughts on the market and attending to the sideline,” Shanahan mentioned.

Carolina coach Dave Canales mentioned he desires to speak to Moehrig about what befell.

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“I’ll unravel that,” he mentioned. “I need to see what precisely occurred. I haven’t had an opportunity to speak to Tre about that but. That will likely be a dialog that I’ll dig into. … I’ll have an opportunity proper now to take a look at the movie and see what occurred.”

The NFL is more likely to challenge fines and probably extra punishment to each gamers. Detroit’s Brian Department was suspended for one recreation earlier this season after punching Kansas Metropolis receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster after a recreation ended.

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