Former 49ers WR Trent Sherfield was a big reason Fred Warner was able to punch the ball out down at the goal line against Minnesota:
“I’m covering somebody way down the field, a buddy of mine, Trent Sherfield, and he’s like 'yeah run with me Fred', and I’m like 'what?', and then I realized he’s trying to get me out of the play, so I whipped my head around so I can go find the ball, and at this point it’s just muscle memory when somebody has the ball in their right hand and I’m coming left to right, I’m looking to punch that thing out.”