After watching the 49ers' defense, they played much better than I initially thought. DeMeco Ryans is aggressive and stayed aggressive. He played man coverage on 3rd & 33. He blitzed Aaron Rodgers on the drive before the game-winning field goal. Rodgers played like Rodgers and that happens.
Kyle Shanahan obviously wants to run the ball, but he was forced to lean on rookie Trey Sermon and fullback Kyle Juszczyk in Week 3 to middling results. He clearly doesn’t trust Sermon yet, and while fellow rookie Elijah Mitchell has flashed, the latter is also coming off an injury while filling in for the also-injured Raheem Mostert.