Shanahan's passionate response toward an official was in response to his defense being flagged offsides. Frustration from previous questionable calls contributed to the head coach's actions. Shanahan called the offsides penalty the "icing on the cake" and the "tipping point."
"It was definitely a number of other ones from earlier that was a build up," Shanahan said this week.
Shanahan was frustrated after that particular play because Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw 49ers linebacker Fred Warner's shoe, which had come off during the play, and rushed the Seattle offense to the line to get the next play off. Warner didn't have time to recover the shoe and get off the field.
"He was going to pick it up," Shanahan explained. "When he went to pick it up, Russell grabbed it and threw it. So he had to go about eight more yards to pick it up, and as he was doing that, [Seattle] went hurry-up offense. So we had a guy 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage trying to get his shoe that was thrown out of the way.
"They were at the line. Fred was going to be offsides because he was picking up his shoe that was thrown. When he saw that, [linebacker Elijah Lee] tried to help him out and run on the field so he could get off. That's why we got the penalty."
Shanahan's fine was the heftiest of the game. 49ers linebacker Malcolm Smith was fined $10,026 for a hit on Wilson while Seahawks defensive lineman Jarran Reed was fined $20,054 for a hit on San Francisco quarterback Nick Mullens.
As for the penalty involving Warner's shoe and Wilson...
"It should have been a dead ball," defensive lineman DeForest Bucker shared this week. "The referees should have called it."
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