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The 49ers Create & Stop Explosive Plays — That's the Whole Season Right There
Through four weeks of the 2026 NFL season the San Francisco 49ers lead the league in explosive plays created on offense and explosive plays surrendered on defense — and nobody else is doing both at the same time at this level. That's not a coincidence. That's a formula. Kyle Shanahan's offense is built to attack vertically and horizontally simultaneously, forcing defenses to choose their poison on every single snap. And Raheem Morris's defense — shorthanded, banged up, and missing Nick Bosa for two of four games — has somehow been the stingiest unit in football when it comes to allowing the…
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