\n Defense Dominated on Key Downs<\/p>\n
Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s unit held Cleveland out of the end zone after the first quarter and consistently shut down the run with contributions from Malik Mustapha<\/a>, Ji’Ayir Brown<\/a>, Jordan Elliott<\/a>, and Curtis Robinson<\/a>. One of the defining sequences came on a fourth-and-one stop in 49ers territory, where Mustapha and Elliott combined to drive the Browns runner for a loss. Linemen Keion White<\/a> and Ferrell added timely sacks, and the Browns final possessions repeatedly ended with punts, sacks, or turnover-on-downs attempts that the 49ers capitalized on.<\/p>\n Special Teams Creates Explosive Plays<\/p>\n San Francisco’s special teams unit delivered game-changing moments that shaped the afternoon. Moore’s 66-yard punt return in the first quarter set up the opening touchdown and gave the 49ers early momentum. In the fourth quarter, Darrell Luter Jr.<\/a> recovered a muffed punt at Cleveland’s 18 yard-line, setting up Jennings’ touchdown. Kicker Matt Gay<\/a> remained reliable, converting field goals from 25 and 31 yards to extend the lead.<\/p>\n Next up, the 49ers head into their Bye Week before returning home to host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, December 14 at Levi’s\u00ae Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defense Dominated on Key Downs Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s unit held Cleveland out of the end zone after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[812,811,879,878,22597,44063,809,810,8757,24514,808,23825,39211,100,813,807,101,43941,103,102,814,104,106,105,34871],"class_list":["post-76033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-briana-jeannel","tag-briana-mcdonald","tag-brock-purdy","tag-christian-mccaffrey","tag-clelin-ferrell","tag-darrell-luter-jr","tag-english","tag-english-articles","tag-george-kittle","tag-jauan-jennings","tag-latest-app","tag-malik-mustapha","tag-matt-gay","tag-news","tag-news-niners-notes","tag-ninersfeed","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers-at-cleveland-browns-2025-reg-13","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sap","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-skyy-moore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}