In a clash for NFC supremacy against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the San Francisco 49ers entered Sunday's contest on the road shorthanded. With 23 players currently nursing injuries, the 49ers would need all hands on deck to defeat the Buccaneers. Unfortunately for the visitors, their vaunted defense sustained another big blow. Midway through the first quarter, star linebacker Fred Warner has left the game with a gruesome ankle injury, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz on X, formerly Twitter. Expand Tweet

“Fred Warner was carted off in an air cast,” reported Schultz. “Foot was turned sideways. 🙏”

Losing Warner is a massive blow for the 49ers' defense. The 28-year-old is the latest in a long line of excellent San Francisco linebackers. Since being drafted in the third round of the NF

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