The 49ers can’t afford to make mental mistakes, considering their stars are injured and the team is an NFC West-worst 5-6.
However, San Francisco’s president of football operations, John Lynch, believes the 49ers have been undisciplined throughout the 2024 NFL season.
Lynch recently detailed the team’s discipline issue on “49ers Game Plan” with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco.
“I don’t think we’re playing clean,” Lynch told Maiocco. “When I watch practice, we play very hard. And there’s anyone who challenges the work ethic of this team, our work habits, we’re well coached. For whatever reason, we haven’t been a very disciplined football team, and that goes down to the very end in terms of finishing.”
It is hard to argue with Lynch.
Over 11 games, San Francisco is averaging a 12th-worst 52 penalty yards per game and has received an eighth-worst 87 flags.
The 49ers also had internal tension when wide receiver Deebo Samuel laid hands on kicker …