Shanahan fighting penalty for shoe toss UP NEXT
SANTA CLARA >> No one seems to care how Russell Wilson threw four touchdown passes against the 49ers on Dec. 2. Instead, it’s another of his throws that’s all the rage heading into Sunday’s rematch when his Seattle Seahawks visit the 49ers.
When Wilson picked up linebacker Fred Warner’s Seahawks (8-5) at 49ers (3-10), Sunday, 1:05p.m., FOX
stray shoe and chucked it to the side, that triggered a series of unfortunate events for the 49ers, and it cost coach Kyle Shanahan a $25,000 fine he’s appealing.
“What I would like? For common sense to prevail, allow a guy to get his shoe that was thrown and stop (the play),” Shanahan said Wednesday. “Or give us time for sub. There’s not a rule for it.”
To quickly recap, Warner’s left cleat (size 121/2) came off late in the third quarter, Wilson tossed it aside, Warner scrambled to the sideline upon retrieving it, and Elijah Lee was tardy replacing him so officials penalized him for offside. Rather than delay the snap and allow the 49ers time to adjust, the line judge flagged Shanahan for a profanity-laced tirade, and the Seahawks went on to score again in their 43-16 rout.
Shanahan wouldn’t elaborate on what the league office said of Seattle ShoeGate, adding: “I’m not trying to lose any more money.”
Warner will lace his cleats tighter this rematch and tease Wilson about it. ”I wasn’t mad at him for throwing it. I was more mad at the refs for not stopping the play,” Warner said. It wasn’t a Russell Wilson TD pass that got Kyle Shanahan agitated two weeks ago but a shoe toss.