The 2019 San Francisco 49ers sure proved NFL.com’s Adam Rank wrong.
Fans will recall how the network’s analyst predicted last year’s Niners squad would go 3-13 on the season and face yet another ugly, rebuilding offseason in which head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch would be called into question.
Instead, San Francisco flipped that number into a 13-3 dominant campaign and rode that momentum all the way to within 10 minutes of a Super Bowl win.
Now, Rank is altering his expectation level for Shanahan, Lynch and Co.
To his credit, Rank absorbed all the criticism which came his way during what was a surprising and thrilling year from the red and gold.