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49ers depth chart: Is this still a Super Bowl-caliber roster?

As he should, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan insists his roster is improved and ready for another Super Bowl run.

Without Joe Staley. Without defensive tackle DeForest Buckner. Without Emmanuel Sanders. And without a few other veteran starters.

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New and improved? Really?

“It hasn’t been easy but we’re trying to make the right decisions and hopefully it will be right in the long run,” Shanahan said after Saturday’s final dose of draft picks and deals.

These 49ers are not the same, plucky bunch that started 8-0, overcame injuries, won the NFC title, reached the Super Bowl and, well, left Miami without the Lombardi Trophy.