"Buccaneers left tackle Tristan Wirfs, with no one to block, unimpededly charged ahead 5 yards into Warner, who tried shedding the All-Pro and spun toward ballcarrier Rachaad White. Warner's right ankle got trapped under safety Ji'Ayir Brown as the latter tackled White for a 10-yard gain. Warner's foot emerged at a nauseating 90-degree angle. Wirfs immediately signaled to the 49ers' sideline for medical attention."
"On that 49ers sideline were defensive ends Mykel Williams and Sam Okuayinonu, who've rotated in opposite Bryce Huff in the wake of Nick Bosa's season-ending knee injury in Week 3. Sometimes I'm not up and some drives I am, Williams said. It was just a substitution error. Before the snap, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh was watching intensely on the sideline, hands on his knees."
Fred Warner sustained a severe right-ankle injury when his foot was trapped and twisted on a play where no defender lined up at right defensive end. Buccaneers left tackle Tristan Wirfs charged into Warner and safety Ji'Ayir Brown rolled up into Warner while tackling Rachaad White on a 10-yard gain. The 49ers had only 10 defenders on the field due to a substitution error with Mykel Williams missing at right defensive end. Mykel Williams and Sam Okuayinonu had been rotating opposite Bryce Huff after Nick Bosa's season-ending knee injury. Warner is a key vocal leader and sits four tackles shy of the 49ers' record.
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