Fred Warner’s season ended on Sunday with a devastating ankle injury. The San Francisco 49ers will be without their best defensive lineman and the best linebacker in the NFL for the remainder of the season. Effort won’t be an issue moving forward, but talent level will be. This is a players’ league; the 49ers coaches will put their players in the best positions possible, but losing high-end players has Kyle Shanahan and Robert Saleh coaching with one arm tied behind their backs.
As far as standings go, this one goes in the loss column, but it isn’t the biggest story. The 49ers could have lost this game even with Warner, but losing Warner feels incredibly worse following Sunday’s loss. The 49ers won’t quit, but how much more can this team endure?
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