The 49ers, the team without a home, may soon be a team without their defensive coordinator. On Sunday, a day after there was buzz the 49ers’ Robert Saleh could be a candidate for the Lions’ just-vacated head-coaching job, his undermanned defense helped upgrade his already impressive resume. The 49ers, playing without six season-opening defensive starters, scored a touchdown, allowed just one touchdown, forced four turnovers and refused to let their largely inert and error-prone offense squander a game they controlled in a 23-20 win at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The 49ers, who lost a 13-point, third-quarter lead thanks partly to a Rams’ fumble-recovery touchdown, won on Robbie Gould’s 42-yard field goal as time expired. Gould finished it, but there’s no doubt the defense won it. And cornerback Richard Sherman, unprompted, said there was no way they could have dominated without Saleh. “You have to give him an unusual amount of credit,” said Sherman, who was returning from a nine-game absence. “And I don’t think he’s getting enough credit. Not only here, but in the league in general. To have the injuries that we’ve had — week after week after week. …. He never makes an excuse. And we’re still a… Read full this story
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