49ers’ monstrous performance against Cowboys has defense looking like NFL’s best again

The 49ers are NFL leaders in turnover differential and interceptions again thanks to their muscle-flexing performance against the Cowboys.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The fact that the entered their Sunday night showdown touted as the ’s No. 1 defense didn’t sit well with cornerback . “They said a lot of stuff,” Lenoir said after the “The one that broke me down was that they’re the No. 1 defense. That’s crazy. We just had to do a little realignment. A realignment on the rankings. That was looking like that Legion of Boom Super Bowl against the , 40-8. It’s looking scary.

Because he was the curl defender. Just vision on the quarterback. I think that was a great instinctive play by him.” It was the 33-year-old Gipson’s 33rd career interception. He credited fellow safety for the effective blitz that upset Prescott’s timing on the play, but he quickly pivoted attention to Warner — with whom he’d had a conversation on Friday in the 49ers’ locker room.

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