CB issues<\/strong> \u2013 The CB position could be the achilles heel of this team.<\/p>\nRelying on Jason Verrett to last another season relatively healthy was a shaky proposition to begin with, now he\u2019s out for the season.\u00a0 His injury history over the last few years suggests an injury and missed games was bound to happen.<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Moseley is recovering from a knee injury.<\/p>\n
Rookie Ambry Thomas doesn\u2019t play.<\/p>\n
Rookie Deommodore Lenoir plays and gets targeted a lot.\u00a0 Jalen Hurts targeted him 11 times last week.\u00a0 If he starts against Green Bay I expect Aaron Rodgers to target him early and often.<\/p>\n
Josh Norman and Dre Kirkpatrick both just arrived to the team and are strong possibilities to start against Green Bay.<\/p>\n
Bottom line: The 49ers CB position isn\u2019t steady and if this position isn\u2019t steady on any team it can pose problems for a defense.\u00a0 The only way to neutralize this is for the defensive line to generate consistent pressure on the QB so the CB’s don’t have to cover for a long period of time.<\/p>\n
4) Defensive coordinator <\/strong>\u2013 I predicted in an earlier article the 49ers defense would be in good hands with DeMeco Ryans and there hasn\u2019t been a drop off on the defensive side of the ball.\u00a0 The Detroit Lions made an almost miraculous comeback Week 1 but this happened only after 49ers defensive starters were pulled from the game.<\/p>\n5) NFC West<\/strong> \u2013 After 2 weeks the NFC West is 7-1.\u00a0 The next game against the Green Bay Packers is very important.\u00a0 The 49ers need to win every game outside of the division because divisional games will be a physical dogfight and it seems like the defense still has issues slowing down mobile QB\u2019s.\u00a0 Not only are the Packers a good test for the 49ers defense but the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals will be their next 2 games after.\u00a0 The NFC is very competitive and therefore playoff spots will be hard to attain.\u00a0 Starting this season possibly 2-2 or 2-3 will create an early hole that will be hard to get out of especially if injuries keep happening.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s still early in the season but if injuries, especially major injuries to starters continue to be a theme this season the 49ers will have to take a long serious look in the off-season as to how to fix this issue.\u00a0 It will need to be priority #1.<\/p>\n
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