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49ers must fix a struggling run defense to unlock their pass rush

The Athletic has live coverage of Monday Night Football featuring the 49ers vs Vikings. Defensive end Nick Bosa said the 49ers failed to match Cleveland’s intensity in the battle for control of the run game. “Lots of screens and perimeter runs.” But the Cleveland run that might’ve vexed the 49ers the most came up the middle, late in the fourth quarter. “Stop the run,” Key would tell his teammates, “and we can have some fun.” Those words ring especially true now, with the 49ers’ run defense in an obvious need for a fix. GO DEEPER Kawakami: The 49ers' pass rush has disappeared, and so has their identity “The Football 100,” the definitive ranking of the NFL’s best 100 players of all time, goes on sale this fall.

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