There is one area that 49ers' defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen needs to improve on. If he doesn't, it is going to be a long season.
Dominating on the defensive side of the ball has been a staple of the San Francisco 49ers since 2019.. They allowed Sam Darnold to carve them up in the loss to the Vikings, then it was the Rams with a bunch of random receivers. In the past, the 49ers' defense would've smothered the Vikings and Rams.
But there is one area that Sorensen needs to improve on immediately. That area is matching up his players correctly. There have been multiple plays in the last two games where the 49ers were begging the offense to beat them. Against the Vikings, Sorensen tasked George Odum to line up against Justin Jefferson.
Against the Rams, Sorensen had De'Vondre Campbell matched up with running back Kyren Williams in the second quarter. Williams beat Campbell on a simple choice-route. That is a mismatch that anyone can easily identify, so why couldn't Sorensen? He would make the same mistake with Campbell later on in that game.
"I look at myself first," said Sorensen. "And I should, it's my defense, I'm the coordinator, But I take responsibility of that. I think we just all feel that way. That's a cool thing. All us coaches, we’ve got to coach better and players feel that challenge as well for themselves.”
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