SANTA CLARA -- Asked this week what's lacking on the 49ers' last-ranked defense, safety Eric Reid didn't hesitate.
"If there's one stat that tells the story of a football game, it's the turnover battle," he said. "And we haven't been winning that battle very often. I think we were at minus-4 this week and we lost by 20 points. We need to get some turnovers on defense to help our offense out."
The 49ers, who went into the season aspiring to be an aggressive, risk-taking and turnover-producing defense, actually rank fairly well when it comes to takeaways.