San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw talked to reporters on Wednesday for the first time since his sideline altercation against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 13.
Greenlaw took down Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith before Eagles security lead Dom DiSandro intervened as he went after Greenlaw. Both DiSandro and Greenlaw got ejected. “When I was throwing [Smith], I felt myself ease up because he was kind of light. I’m just trying to get him down. I tried to ease up a little bit, but was I surprised a flag was thrown? Probably not,” Greenlaw told the media about Smith.
As for scuffling with DiSandro, Greenlaw said “I did not know” he was a security staff member. Greenlaw also voiced his thoughts on the ejection. “No, I felt like I shouldn’t have been ejected, but I can’t go back and say anything about it now. They did their job,” Greenlaw said.
Despite the ejection, Greenlaw told reporters that the NFL hasn’t contacted him regarding the incident for further penalties. As for DiSandro, Greenlaw said they apologized but not directly. “No text, just a verbal apology between John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan,” Greenlaw said
Greenlaw confirmed he also received an apology indirectly from DiSandro through team staff. “He seemed like a genuine guy. He seemed like a guy everyone loved in the building. So I hate that it even escalated and went to that,” Greenlaw said.
