After watching the 49ers lose 30-7 to the Texans on Saturday night it was hard to pinpoint the mistakes they need to work on the most.  The 49ers in all aspects failed in the game not only on the field but on the sidelines.  Part of the reason why the 49ers offense and defense looked lost on most of the plays was because head coach Jim Harbaugh’s unique substitution pattern.  Harbaugh rotated second-stringer players against the Texans first-string units in the first-half.  Harbaugh was trying to get a better look at backups against stronger competition but that signaled early on he was not thinking first of winning the game.  There were plenty of mistakes by the players but Harbaugh handicapped the team with a strategy that did not work.

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