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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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What I heard on ESPN (I think) was that in recent weeks SF got like 5-6 guys Back from injury, most of those being on defense. So even though their stats for the last 6 weeks or so of the season make them a bottom tier defense, those numbers aren't representative of what their defense is right now.
They did stone Cook. Which killed the Vikings O. But we know how average that Vikings OL really is. But from the bits of the game that I saw, the SF DL is legit. They are very fast and well-coached.