This week, our own Matthew Stevens corresponded with David Fucillo, Editor of SBNation's Niners Nation. The two discussed everything under the sun about these two teams in the leadup to this matchup of two cellar dwellers.
1) The 49ers entered the season looking to take the next leap. They signed Torrey Smith to a decent contract and looked to have a defense that should be solid enough to win a bunch of games. Then the retirement parade came to town and it looks like the organization did a 180 and is now in rebuild mode.