The are in the driver's seat for the No. 1 seed in the NFC after Week 15. They’ll host the Baltimore Ravens next Monday night and are favored to win. Everything is breaking in the right direction for the Niners with three games to go.
But there’s a tackling problem that showed up during the 49ers three-game losing streak, and it’s reared its ugly head during these previous three games.
Against the Arizona Cardinals, the 49ers defense missed 16 tackles, per PFF. Nine different players missed a tackle. And this wasn’t just limited to the Cardinals game.