SANTA CLARA — Scrolling through the NFL reception leaders in search of a 49ers player is enough to get a repetitive strain injury. Click down past the top 10 … past the top 20 … past the three Los Angeles Rams … and aha!
There’s tight end George Kittle, tied at No. 42 (with 23 catches). For an actual 49ers wideout you have to keep drilling all the way down to No. 83, Pierre Garcon (16 catches).
This wasn’t the way it was supposed be, obviously, and hardly the recipe for a team preparing to duel the high-scoring Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on “Monday Night Football.