{"id":494571,"date":"2026-10-13T10:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494571\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:42:28","slug":"dre-greenlaw-suspended-for-headbutting-ernest-jones-iv-in-49ers-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494571\/","title":{"rendered":"Dre Greenlaw suspended for headbutting Ernest Jones IV in 49ers-Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dre Greenlaw<\/a> won\u2019t play for the 49ers next Monday night against the Washington Commanders, suspended one game after headbutting a Seahawks player who was not wearing a helmet during a win Sunday in Seattle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Greenlaw headbutted Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV<\/a> on the Seattle sideline during the second quarter. The scuffle began after Greenlaw bumped Sam Darnold as the quarterback reached the sideline on a scramble.<\/p>\n

Jones was one of the Seattle players to confront Greenlaw, who lowered his helmet to bump Jones in the forehead and was ejected from the game.<\/p>\n

The NFL announced the suspension Monday, citing the league\u2019s right to punish players who display poor sportsmanship. Greenlaw has the right to appeal through the NFL Players\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n

Greenlaw had three tackles Sunday before being disqualified from the game. Jaden Dugger filled in for him and played fairly well, making nine tackles with his first career sack.<\/p>\n

Coach Kyle Shanahan declined to address the headbutt in his postgame press conference and Greenlaw did not speak to media.<\/p>\n

Greenlaw had been a significant presence in the first four games of the season, including last week when he had a season high of 12 tackles against the Denver Broncos, who released him last winter after luring him away from the 49ers with a three-year deal the prior offseason.<\/p>\n

He shouted at Broncos coach Sean Payton after that game, showing his trademark fire, and was guided away toward the 49ers\u2019 locker room.<\/p>\n

Greenlaw, 29, is in his eighth season after being drafted by the 49ers in the fifth round of the 2019 draft. He\u00a0returned to the Niners in free agency<\/a>\u00a0this past offseason on a one-year, $7.5 million deal.<\/p>\n

The former Arkansas star was ejected from a 2023 game in Philadelphia for a sideline incident with Eagles security officer Dom DiSandro and a 2022 game against the Los Angeles Chargers for a hit on Justin Herbert. He also was suspended last season for unsportsmanlike conduct toward an official, as the NFL said he verbally threatened referee Brad Allen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dre Greenlaw won\u2019t play for the 49ers next Monday night against the Washington Commanders, suspended one game after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,7,949,402,181,752,101,296,103,102,197,198,104,106,105,200,127],"class_list":["post-494571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-football","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-santa-clara","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-south-bay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}