Fred Warner injury update: Latest news on 49ers LB's status in Week 6 game

Mike Moraitis

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The San Francisco 49ers have an early injury concern in the first half of the Week 6 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as linebacker Fred Warner is hurt.

Warner went down with an injury in the first quarter of the contest and it is most definitely a significant ankle injury after looking at the replay, which is gruesome.

Follow our tracker below for all of the latest injury updates on Warner for the rest of the Week 6 contest against the Buccaneers.

Fred Warner injury update

UPDATE: Warner has been diagnosed with a dislocated ankle.

Read more here.

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UPDATE: The 49ers have confirmed Warner's ankle injury and he has been ruled out for the rest of the game.

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UPDATE: Terrible news, as Warner had to be carted off the field and based on the replay, he has a significant ankle injury and needed an air cast.

Just an awful blow for the Niners' defense, which is already without Nick Bosa, who suffered a torn ACL a few weeks back.

It goes without saying that general manager John Lynch is going to have to be aggressive ahead of the trade deadline if he wants to bolster the defense.

Filling the shoes of Bosa and Warner will be impossible, but Lynch has to do the best he can to help his injury-plagued unit out during a season in which the Niners look like contenders through a quarter of the season.

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Warner stayed down on the field after suffering the injury and was being tended to by trainers.

We'll update this page once more information is known.

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Mike Moraitis

Mike Moraitis is a freelance writer who covers the NFL for the Sporting News. Over his nearly two decades covering sports, Mike has also worked for Bleacher Report, USA TODAY and FanSided. He hates writing in the third person.