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Mike Florio and Peter King explain why the league's explanation for not ejecting Trent Williams in Thursday night's game doesn't add up.
The 49ers' dominant 30-12 win over the New York Giants on Thursday at Levi's Stadium was a hard-fought affair, with some of that physicality spilling beyond the game plan.
An on-field skirmish at the end of the second quarter resulted in 49ers left tackle Trent Williams striking Giants defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson in the facemask.
While both players were penalized for the altercation, some wondered why Williams wasn't ejected from the game for appearing to punch Robinson. After the 49ers' win, NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating Walt Anderson explained the crew's reasoning to PFWA Pool Reporter Matt Barrows of The Athletic.
"When we have a flag thrown on the field for unnecessary roughness, members of the officiating department are able to review available video, Rule 19, to determine if there is a flagrant action that should result in a disqualification," Anderson told Barrows. "We ended up looking at the video we had available to us, and we just didn’t see anything that rose to the level of flagrant, which is the standard that we have to apply to disqualify the player."
Anderson explained that the decision was up to the judgement of the officiating crew.
Mike Florio and Peter King explain why the league's explanation for not ejecting Trent Williams in Thursday night's game doesn't add up.
The 49ers' dominant 30-12 win over the New York Giants on Thursday at Levi's Stadium was a hard-fought affair, with some of that physicality spilling beyond the game plan.
An on-field skirmish at the end of the second quarter resulted in 49ers left tackle Trent Williams striking Giants defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson in the facemask.
While both players were penalized for the altercation, some wondered why Williams wasn't ejected from the game for appearing to punch Robinson. After the 49ers' win, NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating Walt Anderson explained the crew's reasoning to PFWA Pool Reporter Matt Barrows of The Athletic.
"When we have a flag thrown on the field for unnecessary roughness, members of the officiating department are able to review available video, Rule 19, to determine if there is a flagrant action that should result in a disqualification," Anderson told Barrows. "We ended up looking at the video we had available to us, and we just didn’t see anything that rose to the level of flagrant, which is the standard that we have to apply to disqualify the player."
Anderson explained that the decision was up to the judgement of the officiating crew.