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Jay Glazer shares encouraging update on 49ers LB Fred Warner
“Anybody else, I’d say ‘absolutely not,’ but Fred Warner has blown past all his rehab markers,” Glazer said. “I’m actually told, if they get to the NFC Championship Game, they’re holding out hope — they think there could be a chance — that Fred Warner could actually go in that game.”
Dolphins request interview with 49ers’ Robert Saleh for head coaching vacancy
“According to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the Miami Dolphins have requested an interview with Saleh, becoming the fifth team to do so. Miami joins the Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, and Atlanta Falcons in expressing interest in the veteran coach.”
49ers elevate two players from practice squad to boost special teams vs. Eagles
“Linebacker Jalen Graham and wide receiver Malik Turner were elevated from the practice squad to be available for the 49ers’ Wild Card game on Sunday at the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 49ers did not elevate an offensive tackle from the practice squad, which suggests starting left tackle Trent Williams will be available for action.“
49ers’ Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, Kyle Juszczyk earn 2025 All-Pro nods
“McCaffrey and Juszczyk were announced Saturday morning to the Associated Press All-Pro first team. Left tackle Trent Williams was selected to the second team.”
49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk played every game for a squad teeming with injuries. Again. (paywall)
“Juszczyk said he broke the 11th rib on his back – one of the “floating” ribs – and that it was so painful he couldn’t roll over to get out of bed the next morning.
“I just felt like a prisoner. I felt like I was stuck,” he said. “I panicked and was like, ‘I don’t know what to do.’ And eventually my wife had to literally roll me out of the bed.”
Juszczyk said he was lucky that the 49ers had a bye the following week, which gave him extra time to heal before hosting the Tennessee Titans in Week 15. He received a pain blocker before kickoff.
“The biggest part was trusting it. I remember coming in for my first hit, my first big collision of the game, and there was that split second before contact where you say, ‘Here we go. Am I committing to it or am I not?’” he said. “But once I had the collision, I knew that everything else would be fine. I felt like the only thing I was susceptible to was a direct shot.”
His hit launched Brock Purdy’s 49ers career. Now with Eagles, Jaelan Phillips is a fan (paywall)
“Three years later, it’s fair to say, Phillips, a part of 49ers trivia, remains a huge fan of the quarterback whose brilliant career he helped launch. That was clear when Phillips, now with the Eagles, discussed Purdy this past week before the 49ers visit Philadelphia in a wild-card playoff game Sunday.”
Eagles-49ers preview: Kyle Shanahan-Vic Fangio matchup, Niners vs. Saquon Barkley (paywall) “Good question. It’s a key to this game. The Eagles...
