The best of the 49ers’ three units Sunday were their special teams.

Which ought to tell you a lot about how they lost 26-15 Sunday to the Houston Texans in a road game that wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated.

Near as I can tell, there’s no such word as “uncomplementary” but there should if only to serve as a counterpoint to the longstanding notion of “complementary” football which during good times for the 49ers is one of their strengths.

There were few good times against the Texans, and only time will tell whether the 49ers have been exposed as a team that wasn’t as good as its record coming in or simply had a bad day.

Because a team as depleted as the 49ers simply can’t have a game where the offense doesn’t serve the defense and vice-versa.

“First half was unacceptable, a

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