Don’t look now, but the San Francisco 49ers might be further along the rebuild path than we may have thought.
After beating the Houston Texans 26-16 in Week 14, the Niners now have three wins on the season and are enjoying their first winning streak since 2014. And while this team is far away from competing for a Super Bowl, perhaps they’re nowhere near as bad as everyone pegged them to be to start 2017.
Sure, going 0-10 to start the year is all any naysayer would need to point out the issues. But what general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan are doing is trying to establish the criteria for long-term success.