SANTA CLARA — Players take the bye week off. Coaches sure as heck don’t.
Coaches spend the week “self-scouting,” meaning they honestly and brutally evaluate their own team independent of its win-loss record. The 49ers are 3-0 entering their bye week. When Kyle Shanahan and his coaching staff reevaluate the first three games, they won’t focus solely on positives. They’ll identify the real reasons they’ve had success, and search for issues that could hurt them down the line.
Here’s where the 49ers coaches probably will focus:
1. Defensive takeaways
The defense has performed well in every conceivable way.