John Madden once said that winning is the greatest deodorant for an NFL team. At 3-5, plenty stinks in San Francisco right now. On today’s Oh, Hey There! podcast, Javier Vega pinpointed the biggest problem he sees with the 49ers though nine weeks of the season.
“Where is this team’s leadership? They don’t have it. Where’s Fred [Warner] on this one? Fred, what’s up? Arik Armstead, where you at? The guys who got big money - where are you? They don’t have leadership on the field and on the sidelines. That’s Kyle [Shanahan], too...This team is void of leadership on both sides of the ball and in its coaching staff.