Guys, I watched the condensed version of the SF game last night. Obviously, a lot of good stuff. And some glitchy things. We know about the offense. But the defense?
Well, here's what I saw, so you can get out the pitchforks right now.
The big plays--sacks and takeaways--were great!
But, on the other plays … uh, not so much.
I saw us giving up the run in big seams again. Their run totals were limited because of the way the game went. But I did not see us stuffing them.
And the passing game? Sorry, not great. Now, a lot of it was Shanahan scheming guys open. There were a LOT of receivers running through acres of space. Beathard was mediocre at hitting them, but a really good QB would have hurt us.
Sorry to say that I am just not sure about this defense. It's capable of big plays, but reliance on those makes a defense very vulnerable. I really wish we were a consistently solid defense, but I am not seeing it. I think those CB injuries really hurt us.
