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SANTA CLARA – Rookie linebacker Fred Warner didn’t mean it.
Crippling hits, he knows, are not allowed at 49ers practice, especially by a guy wearing a no-contact jersey because of a recent chest injury.
“I wasn’t trying to do anything malicious,” Warner said Thursday of the most dangerous hit this training camp. “I tried to hold up and protect myself.”
What Warner did was slam a shoulder into Kyle Juszczyk’s ribs to prevent a short completion from Jimmy Garoppolo.