Though the San Francisco 49ers’ playoff hopes were realistically dead by the end of September, the team was officially eliminated from the postseason following a cringeworthy defeat at the hands of Johnny Manziel and the Browns last week. But while the 49ers’ 2015 fate might already be decided, there are still a subset of individuals whose future could be impacted by how they perform over the final three games of the season.
Recency bias is strong and finishing on a high note will influence how many observers view members of this team as we prepare to enter the offseason and all of the personnel shuffling that goes along with it.