The reality of the 49ers’ situation has been inescapable for a while now.
This team is bad. Really bad. And every week, it seems to get a bit worse (so long as they’re not playing the Raiders).
The Niners were embarrassed in their 43-16 loss to the Seahawks Sunday. Seattle looked like a big brother playing a younger sibling — heeding Mom’s calls to “let them win” for spurts amid heavy-handed runs of complete dominance.
It was not a respectable loss for San Francisco — there were no moral victories to be found — and while I’m wary to make too much out of one game against a playoff-caliber opponent, Sunday’s game, paired with last week’s listless performance against the Buccaneers and the team’s generally dreary play over the last two months (feel free to celebrate a Thursday Night Football win, but it’s not a full-value victory), raises some questions about the trajectory of this 49ers team going forward.