NFC Notes: Fred Warner, Ricky Pearsall, 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks

49ers

49ers LB Fred Warner has been dealing with an ankle injury thatโ€™s sidelined him from practice but he says it wonโ€™t sideline him when it comes time to play this week. 

โ€œMy plan is obviously to play,โ€ Warner said via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. โ€œThatโ€™s my hope. Iโ€™m just going to continue to listen to what the training room wants me to do and take it one day at a time.โ€

San Francisco elected not to open the practice window for first-round WR Ricky Pearsall this week but HC Kyle Shanahan said the rookie is close after surviving a gunshot to the chest during a mugging a month ago. 

โ€œI know heโ€™s really close, and when heโ€™s good to go, himself and the medical staff, we will be pumped to have him back. Heโ€™s a hell of a player,โ€ Shanahan said via Bonilla.

Cardinals

Cardinals LT Paris Johnson has so far acclimated himself well in the switch to the left side after playing on the right as a rookie. Heโ€™s playing at a higher level than he was in his first year even with the switch, has embraced the challenge and looks like a long-term building block for Arizona going forward. 

โ€œLeft tackle still holds prestige,โ€ Johnson said via Darren Urban of the team website. โ€œIn my mind, left tackle is just a little bit different.โ€

โ€œHeโ€™s growing into his own, becoming a leader each and every day,โ€ Cardinals QB Kyler Murray added. โ€œHeโ€™s very versatile in the sense thatโ€™s heโ€™s able to be a very funny guy off the field but when we go to war itโ€™s time to go. Heโ€™s locked-in. You almost canโ€™t talk to him, because heโ€™s so emotional.โ€

  • Cardinals K Matt Prater missed practice on Wednesday with a knee injury, per the team injury report, and Arizona has some obvious concern given it signed K Chad Ryland to the practice squad. 

Seahawks

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