49ers' season in jeopardy after losing Fred Warner to injury

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers overcame a rash on injuries to star players to get off to a fast start to the 2025 season.

The season-ending ankle injury to four-time All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner might be too much as evidenced by how San Francisco's defense collapsed without its leader in a 30-19 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday.

Warner got hurt on Tampa Bay's third offensive drive of the game and San Francisco (4-2) did manage to force a punt on that drive and the next before getting overwhelmed.

The Bucs then scored three touchdowns, one field goal and had one missed field goal on their final five drives as a young defense missing Warner and star pass rusher Nick Bosa had no answers.

Tampa Bay averaged 7.2 yards per play after Warner's injury, which would be the fifth worst for an entire game in nine seasons with Kyle Shanahan as coach as Baker Mayfield and the Bucs took advantage of some coverage busts that might not have happened if San Francisco had its defensive leader on the field.

"I don’t really try to get us to focus on anything in the past. It’s what’s happening going forward,” Shanahan said Monday. “The reality is we lost another really good player. What are we going to do about it. ... What type of team are we going to be going forward? I think we have players here we can win with, but it makes it harder to make mistakes and things like that. I thought that was something we did too much of yesterday.”

The 49ers also lost Bosa to a season-ending knee injury and Week 3 and have played significant time this season without starting quarterback Brock Purdy, star tight end George Kittle and receivers Ricky Pearsall and Brandon Aiyuk among others.

“These are moments guys have to step it up,” Shanahan said. "I'm glad that we’ve played some decent football to put us in this position at least with our record. Now we have to find a way to get better everywhere else throughout this year.”

Passing to Kendrick Bourne. With several top pass catchers out with injuries, Bourne has stepped up in a big way the past two weeks. He had five catches for 142 yards for his second straight game with at least 140 yards receiving. Bourne's previous high was 100. He became the first San Francisco wide receiver with back-to-back games with at least 140 yards receiving since Terrell Owens in 2002.

Run game. The Niners averaged just 3.0 yards per carry and were held to 67 yards on the ground. San Francisco has gone five straight games with fewer than 85 yards rushing for the first time in franchise history as the line has been unable to create holes for Christian McCaffrey. He has just 336 yards on the ground in six games and is averaging a career-low 3.1 yards per carry.

Eddy Pineiro. The Niners have clearly solved their kicking woes after signing Pineiro to replace Jake Moody after the opener. Pineiro tied a franchise record with two field goals from at least 50 yards against the Bucs and is 15 for 15 on the season. He has the most makes without a miss for any kicker in NFL history in his first five games with a team.

Pass rush. With Bosa out, the 49ers have struggled to generate any pass rush. They had one sack on Sunday and they had no other official QB hits with Upton Stout being called for roughing the passer when he hit Mayfield on a TD pass in the first half. San Francisco has only three sacks in the past four games after getting three in Week 2 against New Orleans in Bosa's last healthy game.

Warner is set for surgery on Tuesday and Shanahan said he should be back for the offseason program. ... Purdy (toe) and Pearsall (knee) will be re-evaluated Wednesday and could return to practice this week after missing the past two games. ... Kittle (hamstring) will have his practice window opened this week and could return from IR. ... DL Yetur Gross-Matos (hamstring) is expected to miss at least another week. ... WR Jordan Watkins (calf) will return to practice this week.

3. With Bosa and Warner done for the season, the 49ers are left with only three players who played more than one defensive snap in the Super Bowl following the 2023 season. Deommodore Lenoir is the team's top cornerback with Ji'Ayir Brown a contributor at safety and defensive tackle Kevin Givens hoping to return from a pectoral injury next week.

The 49ers host Atlanta on Sunday night.

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San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne (84) runs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan watches from the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

San Francisco 49ers middle linebacker Fred Warner, right, is carted off the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI said it found explosive residue in a Pennsylvania storage unit as part of an investigation into two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor.

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, told police after their arrests Saturday that they were inspired by the Islamic State group, according to law enforcement officials and a criminal complaint.

The men live in the Philadelphia suburbs and traveled together to New York City to carry out the attack near Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, officials said. In response to police questioning, Balat said he hoped to accomplishing something “even bigger” than the Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people, the complaint said.

Overnight Monday, FBI bomb technicians conducted controlled detonations of the explosive residue found at a public storage facility in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, near where Balat’s family lives, the agency said.

The explosion resulted in “several loud bangs,” the Middletown Township Police Department said Tuesday, adding that there was no threat to residents. The FBI said Monday that it had conducted multiple searches in connection with the investigation.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday called the attack "absolutely despicable" and said government investigators and prosecutors won’t rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Much remains unknown about the motives, planning and relationship between Balat and Kayumi.

Court documents show Emir Balat’s father, Selahattin Balat, is a native of Turkey who was granted asylum in the United States in 1998 and later became a U.S. citizen. In a 2009 bankruptcy filing, he listed his occupation as painter and said he had three children.

Emir Balat is a senior at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne. A school spokesperson said he enrolled in a virtual program in September and had not attended in-person classes since.

His lawyer, Mehdi Essmidi, said his client had “complicated stuff going on” in his personal life, without elaborating. Essmidi said he did not believe the two young men had known each other for long.

Kayumi is from Newtown, about 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) north of Langhorne. He graduated in 2024 from Council Rock High School North, according to a school spokesperson.

His attorney did not speak to reporters following a court hearing Monday and declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press.

Prosecutors, police and FBI officials say Balat and Kayumi drove to New York City on Saturday and joined a throng of counterprotesters at a small, anti-Muslim rally organized by the far-right Christian nationalist Jake Lang.

Journalists photographed Balat hurling a device, smoking with a lit fuse, that was later found to contain the explosive TATP. The object, which also contained nuts and bolts, extinguished itself without harming anyone.

Balat then dropped a second object near some police officers and tried to run, but was tackled and arrested, according to a court complaint.

Balat and Kayumi were being held without bail after their court appearance on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. They were not required to enter a plea.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday there were no indications that the attack was connected to the ongoing war in Iran, but said the city remained on a heightened state of alert.

On Tuesday afternoon, a park near the mayor’s residence was evacuated and several surrounding streets were closed as police investigated reports of a “suspicious device.”

The object was later determined to be non-threatening.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani was not home at the time and Gracie Mansion was not evacuated, a City Hall spokesperson said.

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Associated Press reporter Anthony Izaguirre contributed to this report.

NYPD police officer and K-9 dog walks outside Carl Schurz Park as they investigate suspicious device, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Jake Lang demonstrates outside Gracie Mansion after a news conference by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani , Monday, March 9, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at Gracie Mansion, Monday, March 9, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Emir Balat, left, and Ibrahim Kayumi, far right, are escorted into Manhattan federal court in New York, Monday, March, 9, 2026, for arraignment on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction after they were arrested for bringing and throwing explosives at a protest two days earlier. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

From left, defense attorney Mehdi Essmidi, defendant Emir Balat, defense attorney Michael Arthus and defendant Ibrahim Kayumi wait for the start of arraignment proceedings in Manhattan federal court in New York, Monday, March, 9, 2026, on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction in New York after Balat and Kayumi were arrested for bringing and throwing explosives at a protest two days earlier. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Police detain Emir Balat after he attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device during a counterprotest against far right influencer Jake Lang staging an anti-Islam protest outside Gracie Mansion, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)