“My uncle had to calm me down and put me in a taxi so I could get here,” she told The Associated Press. “A moment like that stays with you forever.”
The Niners are hoping to bounce back from a 6-11 season and get back to their 2023 form when they made it to the Super Bowl for the second time since Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan took over in 2017.“We’re here to stay, baby,” Warner said in a video posted by the team. “It was a dream when I got drafted here in 2018 and it’s still a dream to this day. I know we’ve been through some great times these first seven years but the story is only beginning. We know what we’re after. Let’s go chase it. Let’s go get it.”
Warner had two years remaining on the five-year, $95 million extension he signed in 2021 that was the richest at the time for an off-ball linebacker and ranked second to Baltimore’s Roquan Smith before this new deal.The $21 million per year for Warner tops Smith’s $20 million average to once again make Warner the highest-paid off-ball linebacker in terms of average annual value.Warner has shown he deserves it as he has developed into one of the top defensive players in the NFL after being drafted in the third round in 2021. He has been a first-team All-Pro the past three seasons and in four of the past five as one of the key cogs in San Francisco’s defense thanks to his ability to thrive in both run and pass defense.
The only active players currently under contract with more first-team All-Pro selections than the four for Warner are Bobby Wagner (six) and Tyreek Hill (five).Warner had 131 tackles, five tackles for loss, two interceptions, seven passes defensed and four forced fumbles last season despite playing most of the season with a broken bone in his ankle.
Warner has 10 sacks, 10 interceptions, 15 forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries, 36 tackles for loss and 53 passes defensed in his first seven seasons. His 896 career tackles rank fourth most in the NFL since 2018 and has missed only one game in seven seasons.
Warner is one of three active players with at least 10 sacks, interceptions and forced fumbles, along with Minnesota safety Harrison Smith and Tampa Bay linebacker Lavonte David.in deep right field to help New York take two of three from the Dodgers after losing to them in six games in last year’s National League Championship Series.
Los Angeles committed a season-high four errors, two of which led to all three Mets runs.off hard-luck loser Landon Knack (2-2), who permitted one earned run and four hits in six innings for the NL West leaders. He struck out five, walked none and set down 11 straight during one stretch.
The slugger connected on the next pitch after third baseman Max Muncy booted a two-out grounder by Soto, who beat a rushed throw to first.It was the 236th career homer and 10th this season for Alonso, who had gone 16 games and 65 at-bats without a longball — both career worsts.