On Monday, Joe Staley said the 49ers have to turn to their leaders and highest-paid players in order to fix their problems and get the season back on track. On today’s Gold Standard podcast, however, Levin Black pointed out that those same people are part of the problem.
“That’s maybe the biggest issue. The highest paid players on this team have not been up to snuff for one reason or another. George Kittle’s had injuries. Arik Armstead has had injuries. Fred Warner has not been good. Jimmie Ward has had injuries. Jimmy Garoppolo is probably going to end up being one of the highest paid because of all his bonuses this year, but in years past, he’s had injuries.