49ers 30, Jaguars 10
Q. Fred, how wary do you have to be when you know that Josh Norman is coming up on the guy with the ball that would be football on the ground soon?
FRED WARNER: Any play. He has been doing that all season. It's crazy to watch. I mean, that play I was just running to the ball, and I didn't know what happened. The ball comes out, and you automatically think, Josh must have been around somewhere. Azeez thought he had it, and he was a little sad when he found out he didn't get it. Josh has been amazing doing that this year.
Q. In your own mind you're thinking there was a fumble, it must have been Josh?
FRED WARNER: That was my first thought, yeah. That's just how it be. When he is getting them out -- he gets them out so easily, and especially out there on the perimeter, that's where he is coming outside-in, and just got that knack for it.
Q. What's it like as a defender sitting on the bench for the first 13 minutes of a game?
FRED WARNER: It's outstanding. Got to stay warm, right, but the offense did an outstanding job starting that game. I just remember looking up and seeing the clock wind down to about 3, 2 minutes, and I'm, like, wow, they're really out there the whole first quarter. They did an outstanding job taking the ball all the way down the field.
Q. Is there a point where it feels like this really has been a long time? Does it kick in to you? Usually five, six minutes at most or whatever.
FRED WARNER: For sure. You could feel it just the fact that they were picking up the first downs, running the ball, getting the plays that they needed. Like I said, that's great for us. We're on that sideline just waiting for our turn, but they did a heck of a job.
Q. Do you or any of your teammates pick Josh's brain on how he goes about that? It seems like such a basic thing, but, obviously, if it was easy, everybody would be good at it.
FRED WARNER: Right. It's just a knack for it. I had it on my mind today. I tried to swing at a couple, and they just didn't come, but with him I think the good thing for him is coming outside-in. Sometimes those ball carriers always carry the ball on that outside arm, so he is coming outside-in. It's just the perfect spot, but like I said or like you said, if it were just easy, everybody would be doing it. He has a knack for it, and he is constantly going after it and has it on his mind and is outstanding at it.
Q. The defense has really come alive the last few games after a pretty bad showing against Arizona. What do you attribute that to?
FRED WARNER: I think I attribute it to everybody kind of locking in coming together playing for one another. You know, the mentality on defense is to get -- that's been the whole -- the mentality all season has been to get the ball back for the offense, and that's happened obviously these past few weeks. That's one of the biggest differences of why you see us dominating teams is when we're winning that turnover battle. That's always a plus. I think just playing for one another, playing hard, and eliminating explosives is what has helped us.
Q. The manner in which you have won these two games, the 40-plus runs and ten points for your opponent and Jimmy playing efficiently, does it feel like you got your swagger back and you are the "Big Bad Niners" again?
FRED WARNER: Yeah, for sure. I think it's just coming together, right? Right at the right time when we're getting in the back half of the season and getting hot. I think that's just who we are, though. I think all along we've been trying to find that identity, trying to find ourselves and it's starting to show through.
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