"Was it a punch in the gut? Yeah, 100% it was, but that defense was still flying around and there are a lot of opportunities out there for a lot of guys,"
"Fred is pretty irreplaceable. But it's not really a choice in the NFL. You have to continue to move on."
"I watch him move, make a lot of these plays, and it's inspiring,"
"When you watch him play, any chance you get, you try to emulate some of his stuff."
The 49ers enter the Sunday night game thin on healthy players, missing Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner, who underwent season-ending ankle surgery. George Kittle returns from a five-game absence to boost the offense after a hamstring tear. The team listed 18 players on the Wednesday injury report and has historically struggled in October under Kyle Shanahan. The matchup highlights a running-back duel between Bijan Robinson and Christian McCaffrey, with McCaffrey maintaining a heavy snap share and resisting any notion of yielding status despite Robinson's strong early season numbers.
Read at The Mercury News
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