Here is a hot tip if you're starting a gambling pool and predicting which 49ers defender will snap their interception drought, now spanning an NFL-record 12 consecutive games. It's going to be me, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir said, when they throw a catchable ball. Opponents, dating to last season, have gone 381 consecutive passes without one sticking in the 49ers' slick gloves. Sunday's sharpshooter will be Baker Mayfield, who's had only one pass intercepted out of 172 thrown this season
The 49ers aren't into spoon-feeding their rookies a little at a time. Rather, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh believes in system overload. Just learned a new assignment? Better be ready to junk it and move on to something even more challenging. It's been that way so far for Marques Sigle, a fifth-round draft pick out of Kansas State who appears to have an inside track to be a starting safety Week 1 on the road against the Seattle Seahawks.
