SANTA CLARA — The 49ers face Raiders this week in a battle for Bay Area lagging rights.
But first the 49ers must recover from their latest unraveling, a 18-15 loss Sunday in which the previously hapless Arizona Cardinals scored 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
With that collapse, Kyle Shanahan fell to 3-8 in games decided by three points or less since taking over as 49ers coach last season.
“When it comes down to the end we need to close people out,” Shanahan said Monday. “And we need closers to do that.”
This defeat, the 49ers’ sixth in a row, featured a doozy of a final play.