The 49ers’ run defense has not allowed a 100-yard rusher this season but here comes the Raiders’ Josh Jacobs in a contract year.
Next up for the 49ers is an intensely frustrated Josh Jacobs, the Raiders’ 1,539-yard, 11-touchdown rusher who has six 100-yard games this season. He was held to a season-low 2.9 yards per carry in Saturday’s 13-10 loss at Pittsburgh.
Washington’s ball carriers averaged just 2.4 yards per attempt in Saturday’s 37-20 loss to the 49ers, with Brian Robinson limited to a 2.6-yard average . “When you have penetration in backfield, that affects running backs the most with how they start and stop with their feet,” Shanahan said. “When you do that, that leaves some vulnerability to linebackers, because playing pass first and run second, that keeps them in hard positions.
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