“Sure, they might have won it all last month had a few things gone their way. Yet it’s also true that they could have endured an embarrassing divisional-round faceplant that spoke to some glaring weaknesses.
Deep inside, Shanahan knows that the unsatisfying outcome was on him. He hired Wilks, and it didn’t work out; in the end, his guys weren’t good enough.
That the head coach is willing to take a long, hard look at the roster — and in the mirror — is a very positive sign for the 49ers.”
“General manager John Lynch recently expressed his desire to re-sign Feliciano.