Unprepared, sloppy and flat, the 49ers hit the trifecta in Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the Cardinals. It isn’t often that you can blame all three football components for a loss, offense, defense and special teams, but they all contributed.
“All three units got to play well,” George Kittle said afterwards. “All three units didn’t play well.”
I’m sure everyone is eager to get started with some Jimmy Garoppolo-bashing, and we’ll get to him, but first let’s highlight a couple of moments that said a lot about the outcome.
First, the blocked punt in the first quarter.