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Why ‘Big Play Dre’ Greenlaw should be a Pro Bowler this season

It’s hard to stand out on a defense that features Pro-Bowl level talent at all three levels, between Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead, Fred Warner, and Charvarius Ward, but Dre Greenlaw pops when you turn on the 49ers’ defensive tape.

Greenlaw went viral this weekend for getting an autograph from Tom Brady after intercepting him during the game, but it shouldn’t overshadow how well the newly-extended 49ers’ linebacker is playing.

On Sunday, after the 49ers demolished the Buccaneers, Fred Warner came up to the post-game podium and added, “The way people talk about me, that’s how they need to talk about him [Greenlaw].