Jauan Jennings thinks that Shelby Harris is leaving something out.
Jennings responded to criticism from the Cleveland Browns defensive tackle on Monday after an incident between Jennings and the Browns defense earlier this month. That came on the heels of Jennings smacking Carolina Panthers safety Tre’Von Moehrig earlier this season, too.
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“He said some things, so why he ain’t saying what he said?” Jennings said of Harris, via ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. “I do know it ain’t that bad. That’s what I do know. I’m just going to keep it to myself of what I said, but I know it wasn’t that bad and he knows that.”
Jennings walked up to Moehrig after the San Francisco 49ers’ 20-9 win over the Panthers last month and smacked him in the helmet twice. Moehrig was suspended for a single game following that incident after video surfaced of him punching Jennings in the crotch earlier in the game. Jennings was not penalized.
The next week, during the 49ers’ 26-8 win over the Browns, Jennings was spotted exchanging words with the Cleveland defense. While there was no physical incident like with Moehrig, Harris called Jennings out with some very strong words postgame.
“He’s a hoe, and I want that known. Like, I see why he got punched in the nuts,” Harris said. “He said some things that you should not say to another man, ever. But like I don’t respect it ‘cause you said that then run behind your O-line. That’s some real soft s**t. … I see exactly why they punched him in the nuts. I’m surprised nobody punched him in the jaw yet.”
Though he doesn’t sound willing to engage much further, Jennings has clearly upset quite a few people across the league in just a matter of weeks.
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Jennings has 458 receiving yards and five touchdowns so far this season, his fifth in the league. The 49ers will enter Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans with a 9-4 record, and are coming off their bye week following a three-game win streak. Though they are still in third in the NFC West standings, the 49ers are not out of the division race yet and are on pace to secure a playoff spot for the first time since their Super Bowl run during the 2023 campaign.
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