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Robert Saleh explains why 49ers drop defensive lineman into coverage

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Over the course of 11 weeks, the San Francisco 49ers defense has had a lot of bright moments. There is a lot of work to do, but the unit seems to be trending in the right direction.

One area that has been decidedly NOT a bright spot is times when the 49ers have dropped a defensive lineman into coverage. We don’t see it every time, but once in a while when things go south in a hurry, we see something like this.

OR this.

OR this

OR this

It feels like we see something like this every weekend.