Packers-49ers three takeaways: Mason Crosby delivers

1. Defense nowhere near championship level

Outside of Kevin King’s excellent interception late in the game, this was a concerning performance by Mike Pettine’s defense.

Considering this unit will face Jared Goff and Todd Gurley in two weeks time, followed by Tom Brady seven days later, to get dominated at home by C.J. Beathard and the 1-4 49ers is worrying.

Beathard threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. The Packers posted just two sacks in the game.

The 49ers ran all over the Packers, turning 30 carries into 174 yards and a touchdown, averaging 5.8 yards per attempt. Raheem Mostert averaged 7.3 yards per carry. If the Packers play like this in two weeks, Todd Gurley might average 40.

We’ve seen some encouraging moments from Pettine’s defense in the season’s opening six games. The second half against Chicago and Washington come to mind. But in both of those games the Packers were playing catchup.

At its worst, this unit gave up 28 first-half points to Washington, and for much of Monday night had no answer for San Francisco’s offense.

The defense has been praised at times in recent weeks. But this was a bad performance.

During their bye week the Packers have a lot of areas to fix if they want to be considered Super Bowl contenders. The defense has a lot of work to do.