The San Francisco 49ers suffered one more brutal blow when linebacker Fred Warner went down with a dislocated and damaged ankle on this previous Sunday’s 30-19 loss on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that dropped the 49ers to 4-2 on the season.
Throughout an look on the most recent version of “The Richard Sherman Podcast,” 49ers huge receiver Kendrick Bourne revealed that Warner addressed the San Francisco locker room shortly after the Tampa Bay sport wrapped up.
Fred Warner harm “took the life out of” 49ers vs. Buccaneers
“He simply instructed us to not fear about him,” Bourne defined, per David Bonilla of 49ers Webzone. “And the best way he works on the sector, you understand he will assault the rehab. But it surely took the life out of us in that sport. It was a tricky time. I cherished the best way we nonetheless battled, but it surely’s simply plenty of adversity we’re going through, and it is going to present who we’re, who our backups are.”
The San Francisco protection was already with out star pass-rusher Nick Bosa (season-ending ACL tear) heading into the Week 6 matchup. Issues get no simpler for that unit, because the 49ers will host a 3-2 Atlanta Falcons aspect that options star operating again Bijan Robinson this coming Sunday night.
In line with StatMuse, Robinson started Wednesday main the league with 822 complete yards from scrimmage for the continued season. As of Wednesday morning, ESPN BET had the 49ers as 2.5-point residence favorites for that “Sunday Night time Soccer” showdown.
What’s subsequent for 49ers after Fred Warner harm?
“Now, it is [opportunities] for different folks,” Bourne added in the course of the podcast. “… So, whoever is behind Fred, whoever is behind whoever will get down, who’re you? Are you going to step into your time? And we wish to give attention to that as a result of it is arduous to maintain mourning. As a result of it is Fred Warner, we will mourn for the remainder of the yr. And that is what he stated out of his mouth when he talked to us after the sport. He was like, ‘Hey, don’t fret about me.’ And it helps us, and me, to even speak like this, as a result of it got here from his mouth, and you understand it is actual.”
The Athletic’s Matt Barrows famous that backup center linebacker Tatum Bethune is on observe to interchange Warner within the San Francisco lineup. For a chunk printed on Wednesday morning, ESPN’s Dan Graziano talked about that the 49ers may contemplate buying and selling for New York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams. Williams is within the closing yr of his contract and performed below 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh when Saleh was Jets head coach.
