SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Two of the San Francisco 49ers’ most important players didn’t have long to wallow in sorrow after the team’s devastating loss in Super Bowl LVIII.
Star linebacker Fred Warner’s wife, Sydney, gave birth to the couple’s first child — Beau Anthony Warner — on March 7.
“I had to get over that loss really quick,” Warner said on Monday, “because I had something really important coming up.”
Quarterback Brock Purdy, meanwhile, got married to his fiancée, Jenna Brandt, on March 9. The wedding came just a day before the one-year anniversary, March 10, of the elbow surgery he underwent after tearing his UCL to close 2023.
“So for me, it’s been a different kind of offseason,” Purdy said on Monday with a smile.
Big offseason moves!
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It’s a time of new beginnings for the 49ers, both off and on the field. They say they’ve washed away the bitter taste of defeat that hit their palates like a rotten grapefruit on Feb. 11.
For Purdy, the big switch has come in preparation. At this point last year, he was just over a month removed from that elbow surgery, rehabbing diligently with the objective of returning by the 49ers’ September season opener….
