Are the 49ers, long defined by their resilience and grit, losing their way? (paywall)
““Through injury, we’ve suffered (in talent) a little bit. What I don’t like to see is to not be gritty. And once you lose the grittiness … look, you can get beat. I don’t mind getting beat. But you do not push me out of the building. I’m a hard out. And if I get beat, it’s because you took it from my bloody hands.
“And as soon as you start to lose that sense as a group, then things can start to devolve quickly.