John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan are preaching patience and prudence, of course. They are reminding 49ers fans that Jimmy Garoppolo is not immortal, that the impressive finish was preceded by an awful start, that the organization has tons of cap money to spend, but plenty of roster holes to fill.
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The plan is to temper expectations without killing the buzz.
So good luck with that.
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The 49ers haven’t been this interesting or this entertaining since the early Jim Harbaugh years.