Head coach Kyle Shanahan clarified what went down, before calling the general response to the incident an "overreaction." Shanahan told reporters Monday that Pepper "overreacted a little bit" after Samuel challenged Moody to raise his level of play. That led to the star wide receiver shoving the long snapper, and things escalated a bit from there.

San Francisco 49ers Kyle Shanahan was quizzed by reporters about the choking incident on his team's sideline featuring star wide receiver Deebo Samuel and long-snapper Taybor Pepper

Jake Moody ended up being the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 10 hero but it was not always going well for him against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Moody missed three field goals in the game before eventually hitting the game-winner,