An off-ball linebacker hasn't won the award since 2013, but Fred Warner deserves a look. Who else is rising and falling in the NFC West?
Asked if he thought of himself as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, Warner said that's up to others to decide.
A two-time All-Pro, Warner has finished with at least 100 tackles in each of his first five seasons in the league. So far this season, he has 41 combined tackles, including three tackles for loss, two sacks and an interception. His ball-hawking skills and ability to control the middle of the defense has led to San Francisco being anointed as one of the league's top defenses., earned Defensive Player of the Year honors with a league-high 18.5 sacks.
Warner and Greenlaw combine to make it hard for opposing offenses to do anything in the middle of the field against the 49ers.said."There's no two linebackers that you would pick over those two. Day in and day out, they are the engine of that defense.'s knee injury, Mason got an extended look in the second half against Dallas and made the most of it, finishing with a team-high 69 rushing yards and a touchdown.
"Who knows how good he can be, because every time he gets an opportunity he does exactly what he needs to do and moves the chains. Every time it's blocked, he gets more than what it's blocked for."In his first game this season after missing the first four with a hamstring injury, Kupp finished with eight receptions for 118 yards on a game-high 12 targets. He looked like the same guy who won the league's Offensive Player of the Year award two seasons ago.
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