49ers' Fred Warner continues to compete, makes no excuses for broken bone in ankle: 'That's the NFL'

The defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers person dealt with much than their just stock of injuries this season.

Quarterback Brock Purdy missed the Niners' Week 12 crippled against the Green Bay Packers arsenic helium nursed a enarthrosis injury. Brandon Aiyuk appeared successful conscionable 7 games earlier an ACL wounded forced San Francisco to spot the wide receiver connected the injured list. Christian McCaffrey missed respective games astatine the commencement of the season. Pass rusher Nick Bosa and dual-threat receiver Deebo Samuel person besides missed clip owed to wounded successful 2024.

Fred Warner is 1 cardinal subordinate who has managed to stay progressive successful each of the Niners' games truthful acold this year. However, the three-time All-Pro linebacker's availability this play has not travel without immoderate sizeable challenges. On Wednesday, Warner revealed that helium has battled a achy ankle wounded since precocious September.

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Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner (54) aft the crippled against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Levis Stadium. (Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images)

Warner said helium sustained the wounded successful the archetypal fractional of a Week 4 crippled against the New England Patriots. He remained connected the Niners sideline for the 2nd fractional of the game.

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"It's thing I woody with each game," Warner said. "I get connected that array earlier each crippled and get it changeable up each azygous crippled conscionable to beryllium capable to roll. But it's not an excuse. It's conscionable what it is. That's the NFL. You're not going to beryllium healthy. You've got to spell retired there, you've got to find ways to execute, to play astatine a precocious level and to triumph each azygous week."

FILE - In this May 25, 2021, record photo, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner reaches for shot during NFL shot signifier successful Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, FIle)

Warner has lone been listed arsenic a constricted subordinate successful signifier 1 clip since helium suffered the ankle injury. While the wounded has apt hindered Warner astatine times this season, helium continues to person a productive season. The prima linebacker has 84 tackles and 2 interceptions connected the season.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner (54) celebrates aft the 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins successful an NFL shot crippled successful Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.  (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Warner suggested helium would beryllium consenting to proceed to play done the symptom this twelvemonth and acknowledged the debased probability of the wounded healing arsenic helium continued to play connected it.

"Any clip you fracture a bone, if you conscionable proceed to play connected it, the bony is usually not going to beryllium capable to heal itself," Warner said. "So, conscionable got to proceed to conscionable combat through."

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San Francisco has dropped their past 2 games. The Buffalo Bills big the 49ers connected Dec. 1.

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