SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Six days before the San Francisco 49ers opened the 2025 NFL season against the Seattle Seahawks , defensive coordinator Robert Saleh had a disturbing dream.

In it, the Seahawks dropped 37 points on the Niners in his first game back with the 49ers after a stint as the head coach of the New York Jets . Saleh told assistant head coach Gus Bradley about the dream the next day only for Bradley to laugh and say, "only 37?"

While Saleh says it's common for him to imagine the worst early in the week and then feel better as the week goes on, there's no doubt that this edition of the San Francisco defense offered more questions than answers coming into the season.

It's why one could argue that Saleh's favorite saying "All gas, no brake" was often accompanied by "We'll

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