Wilks, 49ers players agree coaching location blown out of proportion

SANTA CLARA — Steve Wilks will coach from the sideline on Sunday for the club's Week 10 matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the first time since being named the 49ers' defensive coordinator. Wilks is the successor to two defensive coordinators who were very active on the sideline on gamedays — DeMeco Ryans, who is now the head coach for the Houston Texans, and New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh. Dre Greenlaw regularly took advantage of Ryans being on the sidelines along with Fred Warner, but Greenlaw believes that was a unique situation with the three of them having played the same position. The fifth-year linebacker agrees with Wilks that the coordinator's location is not important. "With Meco, it was a unique situation," Greenlaw told NBC Sports Bay Area. "It was like a brain trust with all three of us together. To be honest, [Wilks' location] is only because of the losses. It's not that big of a deal." While the long-time secondary coach believes being on the field level will ease communication with his players and coaches, Wilks indicated the move is being made into a more significant issue than it really is. "To me, just very candid, I think we are making a...