The San Francisco 49ers thought they misplaced who has been referred to as “the center and soul of their protection” when linebacker Fred Warner went down with a dislocated and damaged ankle within the membership’s Week 6 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 12.
Through the newest version of the “49ers Sport Plan” program hosted by NBC Sports activities Bay Space’s Matt Maiocco, 49ers basic supervisor John Lynch indicated that the membership hasn’t utterly slammed the door shut on Warner making an in-game look for San Francisco throughout the upcoming postseason event.
Fred Warner rehabbing with a purpose in thoughts
“Properly, medically, no,” Lynch mentioned when requested if it is potential that Warner may play once more this season. “I imply, the docs say it is in all probability on the mistaken aspect of the vary that they’d counsel. However even the docs with Fred say, ‘ what? Let him rehab as if he is coming again for one thing, and we’ll see the place he is at.”
Lynch left little question that the “one thing” is Warner returning to the sphere if the 49ers are in a position to go on a prolonged playoff run.
“Day by day,” Lynch mentioned about what number of instances he has heard from Warner about taking part in once more this season. “Day by day.”
As lately as for a mailbag revealed on Dec. 3, Matt Barrows of The Athletic famous {that a} restoration timeline of 16 weeks is taken into account “regular for athletes with Warner’s damage.” The wild-card spherical of the playoffs is ready to happen 13 weeks from when Warner suffered his setback.
That mentioned, the 49ers survived their newest damage disaster to enter their Week 14 bye at 9-4. They path the 9-3 Los Angeles Rams and 9-3 Seattle Seahawks within the battle for first place within the NFC West standings. In the meantime, the 9-3 Chicago Bears will start Sunday because the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.
San Francisco subsequent hosts the lowly Tennessee Titans (1-11) on Dec. 14.
49ers will shield Fred Warner
“I believe it is outdoors the realm, and I promise you, it is our responsibility, with a participant like Fred, to not ever put himself in hurt’s method by way of not being prepared,” Lynch added throughout the interview. “And so we’ll comply with the orders of the docs. They will management this, however Fred goes to push the bounds, and he’s doing all the things potential. He lives in a hyperbaric chamber [for] two, three hours a day. He is right here on a regular basis. He is unbelievable, this man. It is what made him who he’s.”
If nothing else, Warner may give his teammates a bit of further motivation to need to proceed taking part in for so long as potential, even perhaps by February.
