A frightening minute in Sunday night’s win for the 49ers over the Chargers came when 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw provided a helmet-to-helmet hit on Chargers QB Justin Herbert. The blow got Greenlaw ejected, however it wasn’t without debate.
While Greenlaw provided the struck that sidelined Herbert for a couple plays, it was Ward’s hit to Herbert’s back that introduced him forward into the 49ers’ linebacker.
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Ward didn’t mince words when talking about the struck after the videogame.
“Nowadays you can’t touch a quarterback, however, I was attempting to kill him,” Ward stated in