The 49ers couldn’t overcome their season-long injury issues Sunday as they fell in Tampa to the Buccaneers 30-19.

Fred Warner went down with a gruesome ankle injury in the first quarter, leaving the defense without its vocal leader in the middle.

The offense settled for a quartet of field goals from Eddy Piñeiro alongside Christian McCaffrey’s first rushing touchdown of the season. The Bucs had two rushing scores and Baker Mayfield passed for two more, going 17-of-23 for 256 yards.

Mac Jones, starting again for Brock Purdy, did not match Mayfield, the ultimate top pick-turned-backup-turned starter again, a course Jones is seeking to chart as the 49ers’ second-stringer. He completed 27 of 39 passes for 347 yards but had no touchdowns and two interceptions, being sacked six times and fumb

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