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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Where does this narrative come from that the 49ers have this completely dominant defense? Since week 9 they've given up roughly 26 points a game, so roughly half a season. Yes they've been decent in the playoffs against Minnesota and Green Bay, but neither Minnesota or Green Bay is better than league average on offense. New Orleans has roughly similar offensive firepower to KC and look what they did to that vaunted defense.
And as far as their offense goes, they're a better version of the Titans. Through 2 postseason games Garoppolo has 208 yards and 1 TD/1 INT. They've gotten by with dominant running. IFFFFFFF we can slow down the run game they're not that explosive. Double Kittle and sell out to stop the run. I'm not saying this is an easy game but SF isn't this behemoth the media has made them out to be.
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We have not been at full strength from Oct 31 until the Vikings game. We had Ford, Tart, and Alexander out. They are now all healthy. That is why there was a dip in stats then and why we have been effective in the last two games.
IFFFFF you can figure out how to stop the run is the biggest question. It seems simple with an 8 man box, but with the motions and zone block schemes (plus the mentality of everyone on O) they are like a rubix cube to figure out on the fly.