49ers special teams have shown no growth with these concerning stats

The 49ers defeated the Patriots to move to 2-2 after the first month of the season, but the biggest problem facing the team is special teams play.

The 30-13 win by the San Francisco 49ers over the New England Patriots presented a welcome steadier for the team, stabilizing the season after a small losing streak where head coach Kyle Shanahan's squad frankly shot itself in the foot a lot.

A win is a win, and it certainly isn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but unfortunately the one poor part of the game against the Patriots is one that's been popping up quite a bit.

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The special teams, it's a bad unit this year. Like, so bad, you guys.

Rookie running back and kickoff returner Isaac Guerendo fumbled the kickoff to open the second half, allowing the Patriots to score their own touchdown of the game on the subsequent drive. This made the Niners one of only two teams to have both a punt and a kickoff return fumbled in the first month, along with the New York Giants.

As if that wasn't enough, the 49ers are also one of only four teams to have a punt blocked so far this season, while the coverage unit has been less than impressive with the team dead last by a significant margin when it comes to net punting average due to allowing large returns.

While San Francisco has been doing reasonably well on offense and the defense, and at least has the excuse of missing several significant pieces early in the season, the special teams group has been awfully bad.

Again, so bad, you guys.

Special teams were a key contributory reason for losing against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3. If the 49ers don't improve significantly here, it may not be the last game where the special teams plays a negative role in the Niners' fortunes.