The NFL isn’t budging on its stance to suspend a key member of the Broncos’ defense.
On Tuesday night, NFL spokesman Michael Signora announced that the league upheld its one-game suspension of Dre Greenlaw, a day after multiple sources told The Denver Post that Greenlaw would appeal the suspension.
The Broncos will now be down their starting weak-side linebacker for Week 8 against the Dallas Cowboys in Denver on Sunday after Greenlaw made his season debut in Week 7.
Greenlaw was captured on video chasing after referee Brad Allen and shouting at him following kicker Wil Lutz’s game-winning field goal against the Giants last Sunday. The league announced Monday that Greenlaw’s suspension was based on a violation of NFL rules prohibiting the use of “abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures” to teammates, officials or league representatives.
“After the conclusion of the Giants-Broncos game, Greenlaw chased after referee Brad Allen and verbally threatened him as he tried to leave the field,” the NFL said in a statement.
Multiple members of the Broncos criticized the officiating on Sunday, including head coach Sean Payton and linebacker Justin Strnad. The Broncos were dinged for a season-high 12 penalties.
Denver will now likely turn back to Strnad for his seventh start of the season at inside linebacker, after Greenlaw racked up six tackles in 21 snaps in his return from a quad injury.
Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis.
Related Posts:
- Broncos ILB Dre Greenlaw suspended one game for ‘verbally threatening’ referee Brad Allen News Dre Greenlaw played one game for the Broncos. Now he’s been suspended for a game by the NFL. The league announced Monday that Greenlaw has been suspended for Denver’s Sunday home game against Dallas. According to the league, “After the conclusion of the Giants-Broncos game, Greenlaw chased after referee Brad…
- Broncos to activate former 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw off injured reserve for Giants game News The NFL world will not yet forget about Dre. After an encouraging week ramping back up to a full participant in practice, the Broncos are activating inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw off injured reserve for Sunday’s matchup with the New York Giants, the team announced Saturday. The writing was on the…
- Broncos to activate former 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw off injured reserve for Giants game News The NFL world will not yet forget about Dre. After an encouraging week ramping back up to a full participant in practice, the Broncos are activating inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw off injured reserve for Sunday’s matchup with the New York Giants, the team announced Saturday. The writing was on the…
- NFL Ref Shoved Broncos LB Justin Strnad Before Suspension Fracas Sports If suspended Denver Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw is getting a lesson from the NFL in keeping his composure, maybe that lesson needs to be extended to NFL referees as well. While Greenlaw was suspended for briefly chasing NFL referee Brad Allen following a wild, 33-32 win over the New York…
- Broncos ILB Justin Strnad continues breakout with game-flipping pick vs. Giants: ‘He’s going crazy’ News By Saturday night, there was no hiding it. Even Broncos guard Quinn Meinerz, who doesn’t have Twitter, knew about the Denver-New York Twitter Fingers Beef of October 2025. Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper sneered a bit at Jaxson Dart on Thursday, and by Friday, Giants players had responded with some choice…
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)