1st Team All Pro - LB Fred Warner | Page 315

Jan 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM

ninersrule4
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Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Doubtful he even plays in the NFCG. What good does a week do? It's not like is he's not fully healed now but in 7 days will be fully healed. It's just gas from SF.

The issue is that they need to see how he responds from increased workload and this week was too short for that. They'll be able to track his soreness and how he feels and he'll continue doing his own workouts. If the 49ers beat Seattle then they'll have a lot more data to evaluate him on and be able to more accurately determine his statue for the conference championship.

This.

I wouldn't expect him to play until the SB at the earliest.

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Jan 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Doubtful he even plays in the NFCG. What good does a week do? It's not like is he's not fully healed now but in 7 days will be fully healed. It's just gas from SF.

The issue is that they need to see how he responds from increased workload and this week was too short for that. They'll be able to track his soreness and how he feels and he'll continue doing his own workouts. If the 49ers beat Seattle then they'll have a lot more data to evaluate him on and be able to more accurately determine his statue for the conference championship.

Soreness doesn't factor in a win or go home

Jan 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM

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Originally posted by teylo31:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Doubtful he even plays in the NFCG. What good does a week do? It's not like is he's not fully healed now but in 7 days will be fully healed. It's just gas from SF.

The issue is that they need to see how he responds from increased workload and this week was too short for that. They'll be able to track his soreness and how he feels and he'll continue doing his own workouts. If the 49ers beat Seattle then they'll have a lot more data to evaluate him on and be able to more accurately determine his statue for the conference championship.

Soreness doesn't factor in a win or go home

but another week of bone knitting and hard callusing can be very beneficial to Fred's overall health. that's far more important.

Jan 17, 2026 at 7:15 AM

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Originally posted by teylo31:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Doubtful he even plays in the NFCG. What good does a week do? It's not like is he's not fully healed now but in 7 days will be fully healed. It's just gas from SF.

The issue is that they need to see how he responds from increased workload and this week was too short for that. They'll be able to track his soreness and how he feels and he'll continue doing his own workouts. If the 49ers beat Seattle then they'll have a lot more data to evaluate him on and be able to more accurately determine his statue for the conference championship.

Soreness doesn't factor in a win or go home

Gotta take that time. It does factor if you are returning from injury and could re-injure yourself.

Jan 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM

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Per Ian Rapoport, Fred returning next week is up in the air "people close to the situation" have told him the Super Bowl is a more likely goal…

Jan 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by niner4life21:
Per Ian Rapoport, Fred returning next week is up in the air "people close to the situation" have told him the Super Bowl is a more likely goal…

That makes sense. It was the earliest possible return time frame a few weeks back, so no surprise if the time frame is still around the Super Bowl.

I hope he can come back next week to help us get to the Super Bowl.

Jan 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM

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The Super Bowl is the only reason why he should play. If you don't let the injury fully heal it can potentially become chronic. If I'm not mistaken that is part of why Willis retired early, he was pushing through a toe injury and it really messed him up

Jan 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Yup it was all gas from SF lol

Jan 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM

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Fred Warner answered questions for several minutes. Said he was initially upstairs to take weight off his feet to support an NFCCG return effort but couldn't stand being so removed so he returned to field level: pic.twitter.com/kxRaV5QqaR
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) January 18, 2026

Jan 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Seeing these Experian commercials with Warner & Puka hanging out and immediate thoughts are, "Warner, you're both BYU alums and friends…why didn't you jump and scream to Lynch & Shanahan to draft Puka???!!!" 🙂

Jan 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM

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Fred Warner was asked if the NFC West is the best division in football:

"Oh yeah easily. That's not even a question."

Amon-Ra St. Brown: "What about the Cardinals?"

Fred: "You ever see that meme with the dragons where it's the 3 dragons and then you got the dragon over there… pic.twitter.com/mm5nVkhlN8
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) January 28, 2026

[ Edited by DRCHOWDER on Jan 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM ]

Jan 28, 2026 at 8:52 PM

#4722

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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Fred Warner was asked if the NFC West is the best division in football:

"Oh yeah easily. That's not even a question."

Amon-Ra St. Brown: "What about the Cardinals?"

Fred: "You ever see that meme with the dragons where it's the 3 dragons and then you got the dragon over there… pic.twitter.com/mm5nVkhlN8
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) January 28, 2026

"What about the Cowboys?"

"What about them?"

Perfect response. Cowboys aren't a rival.

Jan 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM

#4723

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Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:

Fred Warner was asked if the NFC West is the best division in football:

"Oh yeah easily. That's not even a question."

Amon-Ra St. Brown: "What about the Cardinals?"

Fred: "You ever see that meme with the dragons where it's the 3 dragons and then you got the dragon over there… pic.twitter.com/mm5nVkhlN8
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) January 28, 2026

"What about the Cowboys?"

"What about them?"

Perfect response. Cowboys aren't a rival.

If nothing else Shanahan has given us dominance over the Cowboys and Packers.

Feb 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM

#4724

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Vibe in the room seems more like teammates than rivals lol

Puka Nacua takes a shot at Rams fans:

Puka: "We're an hour away from each other, why are we getting sent there [Australia]?"

Fred Warner: "They trying to make worldwide moves. They want us on that jet going 20 hours to Down Under."

Puka: "I love kangaroos, but I want to see… pic.twitter.com/Wx9ysWvxuA
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) February 7, 2026

Feb 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM

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Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
Vibe in the room seems more like teammates than rivals lol

Puka Nacua takes a shot at Rams fans:

Puka: "We're an hour away from each other, why are we getting sent there [Australia]?"

Fred Warner: "They trying to make worldwide moves. They want us on that jet going 20 hours to Down Under."

Puka: "I love kangaroos, but I want to see… pic.twitter.com/Wx9ysWvxuA
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) February 7, 2026

Puka should've been a Niner, man. I wish Fred said something to Shanny and Lynch about him because he said he knew Puka would be a star.
I love the way he plays the game. My favorite non-Niner player.

[ Edited by Heroism on Feb 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM ]