Getting blown out in Green Bay following another squandered late lead the previous week against Seattle has quickly turned the San Francisco 49ers from a Super Bowl contender into a team just fighting to get back to the playoffs.

Kyle Shanahan and his first-year defensive coordinator, Nick Sorensen, covered their faces with playsheets for a sideline chat. Shanahan was hot. There was no hiding why. The 49ers’ defense was so disheveled Sunday it drew back-to-back penalties for having 12 men on the field from its own 10-yard line.

On the opening drive of Sunday's Week 12 contest at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers drove right down the field on the