The San Francisco 49ers defense allowed 20 points without their best pass rusher and cornerback, and one of those touchdowns drives were aided by the refs accepting a penalty when Kyle Shanahan didn’t want to, while another happened on one play.

On the flip side, the offense mustered 389 yards at 6.2 yards per clip, but had four turnovers. Unfortunately, the special teams found a way to hurt the 49ers in multiple ways. You’re not going to win in the NFL the way San Francisco played in Week 4, whether it’s against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams, or the Stanford Cardinal.

The fact that the 49ers were competitive despite the comedy of errors says more than the scoreboard does. Now is no time to overreact. They lost a game where they had no business winning. The margins are too t

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