SANTA CLARA — It’s the 49ers bye week, but our mailbag needs no break. Let’s play 20 questions and try not to blow it at the end like the 49ers are prone to do:
1. Why does Saleh still have a job? That dude’s defense is like Swiss cheese. (@orrkw)
Robert “Scapegoat Cheese” Saleh is a popular target after the fourth loss in which his defense failed to protect a fourth-quarter lead. Kyle Shanahan shows no signs of making a bye-week or in-season change at defensive coordinator. The 49ers defense rotates its woes: missed tackles, blown coverages, missed assignments, unprepared backups, ill-timed penalties and not nearly enough takeaways or sacks.