Originally posted by D0PEMAN:
Donte Whitner went on record last night and said that this year's Niners defense is "the best in 49ers history" with his squad in 2012 being #2.
2012 was a squad so that's saying something
I would argue that the 2011 defense was better than 2012's. 2012 started strong, but it wasn't the same after Justin Smith's injury in the New England game where the D played like 90 snaps because of Brady's near comeback. In that playoff run, they gave up a ton of points and the offense played catchup in every game.
[ Edited by Bigfishrider on Dec 16, 2022 at 3:15 PM ]