SANTA CLARA – Fred Warner is in the eye of the 49ers’ defensive hurricane.

New teammates are swirling around him. He is not calm, however. He is All-Pro Fred, and that means he is hollering, hustling, and huddling up with intensity.

“He’s still the one out there chirping and yelling and screaming and getting everybody pumped up,” defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said. “So, he hasn’t changed in that regard. The game hasn’t jaded him, if that makes sense.”

Warner is also healthy. He wasn’t last season, yet played all 17 games, the final 13 on a fractured ankle that required a pain-killing shot before those games in a 6-11 lost season.

“It’s crossed my mind, especially going into camp now,” Warner said of his 2024 resiliency. “Now that I’m not having to think or worry about it, it’s a b

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