Jauan Jennings hasn’t made too many friends on opposing teams during the 49ers’ last two games.
After San Francisco’s 26-8 win over Cleveland on Sunday at Huntington Bank Field, Browns defensive tackle Shelby Harris had some choice words for the 49ers wide receiver.
“He’s a h-e and I want that known,” Harris told reporters postgame, via News 5 Cleveland’s Camryn Justice. “Like I see why he got punched in the nuts cause that’s like — he says some things that you should not say to another man, ever, but I don’t respect it because you say that, then run behind your O-line. That’s some real soft s–t and I want that known. I see exactly why they punched the nuts. I’m surprised nobody punched him in the jaw yet.”
An on-field exchange took place between Jennings and the Browns when former 49ers defensive lineman Maliek Collins went down with an injury and was carted off, Justice reported.
Harris’ comments come one week after Panthers safety Tre’von Moehrig struck Jennings in the groin during the fourth quarter of the 49ers’ Week 12 win over Carolina — an incident that led to a postgame confrontation between Jennings and Moehrig. The NFL suspended Moehrig one game for punching Jennings below the belt and fined the 49ers wideout $12,172 for retaliating.
Moehrig called Jennings “dirty” in his own postgame comments last week.
“He was doing some extra stuff after the play, and talking crazy like he was doing something,” Moehrig said. “So, you know, didn’t think about it — it just happened. I’ll take that one, you know what I’m saying? But the next play we got right, you know what I’m saying? So, it is what it is.
“It ain’t really nothing much to it — it’s just that. Like I said, I’ll take that one. He wanted to do his little dirty stuff, so it is what it is.”
After Sunday’s game, Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett also weighed in on Jennings.
“I can’t speak for how he was raised, but if you have nothing good to say, don’t say something to somebody,” Garrett told reporters, via ESPN. “So, he had a lot to say that was demeaning and disparaging towards some of our players. And I was just trying to separate everybody. And I tried to go up and ask for what the problem was, and then he started coming at me and, I mean, some guys just roll like that.
“I don’t feel like that belongs in the game. But, hey, if that works for him and them, then more power to him. But I’m just trying to keep my guys focused on the game and not worried about stuff outside of it because we’re focused on what’s on the field.”
There’s no doubt Jennings plays with fire. Now, the 49ers have a bye week where he and the entire team can use some downtime to cool off.
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