49ers-Seahawks: DK Metcalf, Fred Warner give different viewpoints of scuffle that led to ejections

Warner was asked about the incident following the game and responded with a tongue-in-cheek answer.

"Yeah, I don't know what happened, man," Warner said. "I told him he tackles really well, and then for some reason, he didn't like that. I guess what happened, happened, and it's unfortunate. (He's) got to learn to keep his composure, but happy we came out with the dub."

Metcalf was understandably not in as much of a mood to joke about the incident after a challenging game that saw him limited to two catches after he got off to a quick start with a first quarter touchdown. But he fully explained what he was thinking during the skirmish, saying he was retaliating after being hit by Warner.

"If you want to call it frustration, yeah, it was frustration," Metcalf said. "But from my side, he hit me in the back of the head. So I just retaliated from that."

Metcalf justified his suplex of Warner by saying he was making a defensive play because he thought Warner still had the ball.

"When I see a pick, I turn into a defensive player," Metcalf said. "Defensive players don't get mad when they tackle me and suplex me like that. That's what I was doing. I was making a tackle for my team."

It remains to be seen if any extra punishment comes from the league towards Metcalf, Warner or Lenoir. There were those who believed Lenoir shouldn't have gotten ejected for his shove (Lenoir was also seen getting physical with another Seahawks player, however), but Warner was appreciative of it even if he would prefer his teammate didn't get involved.

"I know what Demo is made of. He ain't got to show me nothing out there," Warner said. "I don't want him hurting himself, you know what I'm saying? So hurting himself or hurting the team, we know what he's made of. Ain't nothing to prove out there, but I always appreciate guys protecting each other out there. So that doesn't surprise me one bit."