What the San Francisco 49ers do in the regular season doesn’t necessarily matter as long as it results in the team’s fourth consecutive playoff appearance.
Think about the 17-game schedule as 17 separate homework assignments to prepare for the big tests in January. With each homework assignment, you allegedly are supposed to pick something up that can be applied to help with the test. And that’s just what we are doing here.
The 49ers passed their first homework assignment on Monday night with a 32-19 victory over the New York Jets, but what did we learn about our first look at the 2024 49ers?