Week 17 resulted in, for the San Francisco 49ers, the second worst situation possible.
First of all, they got absolutely blasted by the Los Angeles Rams, 48-32, in a game that wasn’t even close until Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay rested his starters. In that game, the offense struggled with turnovers and the defense couldn’t handle the short fields. The only bright spot of that game was George Kittle breaking the all-time tight end yards record in a season.
Now, losing several games can usually be offset by high NFL Draft picks, and that’s exactly what happened.