SANTA CLARA – Fred Warner became the first 49ers linebacker in five years to win the NFC’s defensive player of the week award, and he won it deservingly so with a strip-sack fumble and 11 tackles to spark a 37-8 rout of the Green Bay Packers.
Let’s get back to that player-of-the-week drought, however.
No 49er has won offensive player of the week honors in the past 6 1/2 seasons. It’s a weekly ritual that’s become comical.
George Kittle did not end it with his six-catch, 129-yard, one-touchdown comeback Sunday against the Packers.
Jimmy Garoppolo couldn’t snap the spell with his career-best 145.