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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In February, two days after the San Francisco 49ers fell short of winning a Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years, general manager John Lynch was asked what it would take to finally get over the hump.
Lynch responded not with a specific position that needed bolstering but with a more abstract concept: The 49ers needed "finishers in every area of the team."
San Francisco needed to find the missing piece who could make the one tackle or catch the one pass that would swing the pendulum in its favor against teams, such as the Kansas City Chiefs, on stages as big as the Super Bowl.