The San Francisco 49ers are coming off of a 28-25 win against the Arizona Cardinals helping their record reach 8-0. As much as some players would be fired up about this win and celebrating, All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman felt a different type of way. He expressed that the team “let [themselves] down,” with him included.
“It’s humbling. It’s humbling for the defense,” Sherman said per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “We need to be humbled. That was a humbling game. You need to be humbled on all level, and I think there is accountability on all levels. And we’ll watch the tape and we’ll watching it critically. . . . That’s not championship football.”
He's speaking on the performance by the 49ers defense. They allowed the Cardinals to score 25 points after having only allowed a combined 23 in the four games prior. Sherman went on to speak more about how this is more on the defense than it is the opposing offense.
“They didn’t do anything that was really difficult. Quarterback ran from time to time. Missed plays. Missed tackles. We blew assignments. . . . It’s mistakes you can’t make.”
They gave up 6.7 yards per attempt and allowed running back Kenyan Drake to put up 162 yards (110 on the ground). They didn't get a single takeaway throughout the entire game. And they allowed their longest play of the season on a Kyler Murray to Andy Isabella 88-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter on Arizona's last drive.
There was so much that wasn't the usual brand of this season's 49ers defense. But they still came away with the win and that's still something to be happy about.
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