49ers’ Fred Warner continues to compete, makes no excuses for damaged bone in ankle: ‘That is the NFL’
The defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers have handled greater than their fair proportion of accidents this season.
Quarterback Brock Purdy missed the Niners’ Week 12 sport in opposition to the Green Bay Packers as he nursed a shoulder damage. Brandon Aiyuk appeared in simply seven video games earlier than an ACL damage compelled San Francisco to position the broad receiver on the injured record. Christian McCaffrey missed a number of video games firstly of the season. Cross rusher Nick Bosa and dual-threat receiver Deebo Samuel have additionally missed time as a consequence of damage in 2024.
Fred Warner is one key participant who has managed to stay energetic in every of the Niners’ video games up to now this 12 months. Nonetheless, the three-time All-Professional linebacker’s availability this season has not come with out some appreciable challenges. On Wednesday, Warner revealed that he has battled a painful ankle damage since late September.
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Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner (54) after the sport in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals at Levis Stadium. (Kelley L Cox-Imagn Pictures)
Warner stated he sustained the damage within the first half of a Week 4 sport in opposition to the New England Patriots. He remained on the Niners sideline for the second half of the sport.
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“It is one thing I cope with each sport,” Warner stated. “I get on that desk earlier than each sport and get it shot up each single sport simply to have the ability to roll. However it’s not an excuse. It is simply what it’s. That is the NFL. You are not going to be wholesome. You have to go on the market, you have to discover methods to execute, to play at a excessive degree and to win each single week.”
FILE – On this Could 25, 2021, file photograph, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner reaches for ball throughout NFL soccer observe in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Picture/Jeff Chiu, FIle)
Warner has solely been listed as a restricted participant in observe one time since he suffered the ankle damage. Whereas the damage has probably hindered Warner at occasions this season, he continues to have a productive season. The star linebacker has 84 tackles and two interceptions on the season.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner (54) celebrates after the 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins in an NFL soccer sport in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Warner urged he can be prepared to proceed to play via the ache this 12 months and acknowledged the low likelihood of the damage therapeutic as he continued to play on it.
“Any time you fracture a bone, in case you simply proceed to play on it, the bone is normally not going to have the ability to heal itself,” Warner stated. “So, simply obtained to proceed to simply combat via.”
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San Francisco has dropped their final two video games. The Buffalo Bills host the 49ers on Dec. 1.
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