Dre Greenlaw Ejected After Headbutting Ernest Jones IV

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected Sunday after headbutting Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV during a second-quarter sideline confrontation, with 6:04 remaining in the first half. The ejection followed a penalty on Greenlaw for hitting quarterback Sam Darnold after he went out of bounds during a scramble. Game accounts said Seahawks players confronted Greenlaw after the hit. Greenlaw and Jones moved toward each other during the ensuing exchange, and Greenlaw headbutted Jones, who was not wearing a helmet. Officials intervened and Greenlaw was removed from the game. Jones was reported to have been bleeding after the contact. Referee Land Clark announced that Greenlaw’s ejection followed a review conducted through the league’s Art McNally GameDay Central office in New York. The decision came after officials assessed Greenlaw a personal foul or unnecessary-roughness penalty for the contact with Darnold. The accounts describe the penalty and the headbutt as separate moments in the sequence: the initial hit prompted the confrontation, which then led to the ejection. Greenlaw entered the game among San Francisco’s leading tacklers.