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Kurtenbach: New quarterback, same problem for the rock-bottom 49ers

SANTA CLARA – Don’t blame new 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard.

Don’t blame first-year 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan or any member coaching staff.

Don’t blame Joe Staley, or Ray-Ray Armstrong, or Eli Harold, or Rashard Robinson, or Trent Brown.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan stands on the sidelines during their game against the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth quarter of their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

This 49ers franchise might have hit rock bottom in a 40-10 loss to the Cowboys on Sunday — this pitiful 2017 season certainly found its nadir — but you can’t blame one individual for the seventh-straight loss to start this season or this team’s overarching problems.