San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan defended wide receiver Jauan Jennings after he was involved in a postgame melee with Carolina Panthers safety Tre’von Moehrig .

The scuffle came following the 49ers’ 20–9 win on Monday night, and Shanahan opened up on this, keeping his cool.

“The guy took a cheap shot and hit him in the balls and was real proud of Jauan for not losing his mind out there,” Shanahan explained, when asked why Jennings retaliated with an open-handed punch after the final whistle.

The coach framed the incident as retaliation for a deliberate, below-the-belt hit, and suggested that context should be taken into account in the league’s response. His point, basically, was that Jennings had stood up for himself and the team without turning the moment into

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