JUST IN: Brendel, Warner benefit from head-to-head training camp battles.

SANTA CLARA — The competition was apparent from the first snap of training camp.

Linebacker Fred Warner loves to give his offensive teammates an earful on the 49ers’ practice field.

What’s more, it was focus Jake Brendel who got the primary aiding of Warner’s junk talk only minutes after the group hit the field for the initial 11-on-11 snap last Wednesday.

As Brendel makes sense of it, the 49ers’ offense during the two or three weeks of instructional course centers around run plays in which everything is predicated on where the center linebacker lines up. Brendel will come to the line of scrimmage and direct out Warner toward his partners along the hostile line.

Then, at that point, as a general rule, Brendel’s task is to get to the second level to hinder Warner.

“A ton of it is simply me and Fred at this moment,” Brendel said. “He knows it. So any time he listens to ’54’ happen to my mouth, it’s generally a crash between us two.”

What’s more, indeed, Warner most certainly knows it.

“Me and Jake, it’s consistently a one-on-one fight consistently with me and him — who can beat who, who can get from Point A to Point B faster,” Warner said. “So I love going up against Jake consistently.”

Brendel is a slowpoke who didn’t turn into a NFL starter until he turned 30 years of age in 2022.

Presently, he has begun 20 continuous games for the 49ers, including the postseason, and was a first NFC substitute last season for the Ace Bowl.

He attempts to be at his best in rehearses to make Warner work during camp. All things considered, everyone definitely knows the amount Brendel can profit from one more summer of confronting Warner consistently.

“Iron hones iron,” Brendel said. “That is something I’ve put stock in since I was first in the association. Getting half-speed reps against the players you won’t see on Sundays, that is simply not going to be however useful as playing against folks who may be the most elite.

“The reality I’m engaging seemingly awesome (center) linebacker in the association each and every training that simply improves me, which is perfect.”

Standing toe-to-toe against Warner is one thing. But Brendel, who is more of a reserved personality, also competes to hold his own when the verbal sparring begins, too.

“You have to be vocal right back to him when it’s the proper time,” Brendel said. “I feel like any time there’s a first down, I make sure he knows it.”