The San Francisco 49ers had a disappointing 26-21 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars over the weekend, falling to 3-1 in a mistake-ridden game at Levi’s Stadium.
San Francisco struggled with every issue they couldn’t afford: turnovers, special teams miscues, red zone woes, and more.
Defensively, as I mentioned in my takeaways after the game, I thought the 49ers did enough against a good team. They held the Jaguars in check through the air for the most part, and mitigated some of the threat from the best rushing offense in the league, aside from a 48-yard Travis Ettienne Jr. touchdown run early.
But, there was one glaring issue in the team’s first game without Nick Bosa: pressure. The 49ers could not generate much pressure on quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who was pressured at the lowest rat