The 49ers' secondary has been deteriorating since the fourth quarter of the first game of the year against the Lions. Things are so bad now that DeMeco Ryans is creating his entire game plan around protecting whoever the team has to start at cornerback that particular week. However, in four of the last five games, that strategy has been good enough to win. Yesterday, Donte Whitner was on KNBR and said he thinks the team can keep it up in the future.
“Those are the same things we used to do to Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman.