Alex Boone: ‘I’ve Never Intentionally Tried to Hurt Anybody’

“I wanted to get that out there, and I hope it goes back to him”, Beason added. He obviously is very protective of his health and mentions how hard it is to stay healthy playing football.

49ers special teams coach Thomas McGaughey says Aussie Jarryd Hayne can be the best in the NFL. It could have been a lot worse.

An angry Beason accused 49ers guard Alex Boone of grabbing him from behind and deliberately pushing him in the back in a “cowardly” move Sunday night that caused the Giants middle linebacker to sustain his first concussion. It was a brutal hit on a tough run from Hyde, and seemed pretty simple. In a league that is trying to protect brains, the fine is mandatory. The type of hold Boone committed is one players can easily get away with, Beason said, based on how the game officials are positioned on the field.

Not only was a penalty not called when it should have been, Boone was not fined because illegal blocks are not fineable unless the infraction escalates to one of the categories specified in the CBA, per a league source.

“I’m sorry that he feels that way. I’ve never thought of myself as a dirty player or intentionally tried to hurt anybody”.

“You don’t see it because most guys”, he said, “they care about the competition and there’s a level of sportsmanship in our game”.

Then Boone lashed out at Beason for not contacting him privately – in essence, also calling him a coward.

“We’re going to monitor Carlos, you know what I mean, and build up every week to the game”, said Tomsula, without specifying Hyde’s issue or which foot is sore. “That’s a shame”, Boone said. I didn’t know what happened, but once you watch the play it’s clear. Not necessarily for harm, but you have to have a few regard for other players in terms of the rules. Here is the direct transcription of his response: “I didn’t …”

We’ll know the outcome on Sunday (Monday AEDT). “So you’re back and you’re feeling okay, good enough to go”. According to Matt Barrows of Sacramento Bee, Tomsula “fully expects” a game appearance from Hyde, the 49ers’ top rusher and the seventh-leading rusher in NFL.

“I don’t think he was intending to hurt me”. I certainly don’t blame Beason for being pissed off, but this just strikes me as Boone trying to block Beason out of the way. So, they are doing that.

“Oh, I remember the play”.