[OutsiderFan]

The CBs are not weak, nor are the Safeties or Linebackers. The DL is. That is the problem 100%.

It is exacerbated by a DC who is DB-oriented and likes to blitz. The rush and coverage are not working well together and the greatest advantage the Niners have - Warner and Greenlaw in zone coverage - is compromised when they rush 5-6.

When you can't even get to the QB when you rush 6, with a DL that is suppose to get pressure with 4, something is really, really wrong.

I don't know how the issue is not Steve Wilks. That's really the only meaningfully different denominator from the last few years of largely top tier defense.

[OutsiderFan]

The CBs are not weak, nor are the Safeties or Linebackers. The DL is. That is the problem 100%.

It is exacerbated by a DC who is DB-oriented and likes to blitz. The rush and coverage are not working well together and the greatest advantage the Niners have - Warner and Greenlaw in zone coverage - is compromised when they rush 5-6.

When you can't even get to the QB when you rush 6, with a DL that is suppose to get pressure with 4, something is really, really wrong.

I don't know how the issue is not Steve Wilks. That's really the only meaningfully different denominator from the last few years of largely top tier defense.