The San Francisco 49ers set historic lows — or highs, depending how you look at it — on the defensive side of the ball in 2016.
And these issues were pointed out by Pro Football Focus’ Mike Renner, who detailed every NFL team’s front-seven defenses over the course of the regular season.
San Francisco came in at No. 31 overall, just above the defensively challenged Indianapolis Colts and behind the 30th-ranked Detroit Lions.
The Niners’ best player within this group was linebacker Gerald Hodges, who posted an 82.4 overall grade on the year. Not surprisingly, the worst was fellow linebacker Michael Wilhoite (38.