The hosts of ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” pregame show didn’t mince words when describing how the San Francisco 49ers defense has struggled this year. In a discussion previewing Sunday’s Super Bowl rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs, ESPN insider Adam Schefter kicked off a discussion about the 49ers defense by dropping a nugget of reporting from his conversations with other teams.
“This defense is not performing at the same level that it was in recent years,” Schefter said. “They lost Arik Armstead, they lost Javon Kinlaw, they haven’t gotten the same production that they’ve needed.