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49ers star Fred Warner hit with hefty fine as suspension threat looms

San Francisco linebacker Fred Warner has been docked a hefty sum of sixty-five thousand six hundred seventy-three dollars following a pair of unnecessary roughness infractions during his team's recent victory over Washington. The league penalized the star defender forty-seven thousand seven hundred sixty-two dollars specifically for a collision with tight end Chig Okonkwo that initially drew a penalty flag before officials reversed the call.

Warner now sits dangerously close to a mandatory one-game ban, needing only two additional flags for hits on defenseless players or a single hip-drop penalty to trigger a suspension. The unbeaten forty-niners squad, currently dealing with multiple offensive injuries, can scarcely afford to lose their defensive anchor as they navigate a competitive division race.

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