As much as Kaepernick torched us in week one, we halted their run game. We held Gore to 44 yards on 21 attempts, which is outstanding. However, our run defense has gotten much worse as the season has progressed, and now we will be without Matthews. I fully expect Kaepernick to destroy our defense, but I think it's important for us to halt the run game again, I think that's a big reason why we had a chance at winning in week one, as opposed to where we were pretty much out of the game by the 4th quarter in the playoffs last year.
How do you think our run defense will do? Any interesting observations? I've been going back and watching the highlights of our last three loses against the 49ers, trying to figure out what exactly has been the key to our defeats.
How do you think our run defense will do? Any interesting observations? I've been going back and watching the highlights of our last three loses against the 49ers, trying to figure out what exactly has been the key to our defeats.