It’s the two-minute warning and the San Francisco 49ers are on the 5-yard line. Facing a 2nd-and-goal, quarterback Colin Kaepernick has the ball in his hands.
Three straight incompletions later, the 49ers fall to the Baltimore Ravens in SB XLVII, 34-31.
At that moment, it seemed like the 49ers were in great shape for the future. A young, superstar quarterback in the making, tough-nosed defense led by future Hall of Fame linebackers, and a head coach that an entire region stood behind.
Yet four years removed from that Super Bowl run, the 49ers have since fired three head coaches, had players retire, changed general managers and lost numerous players in free agency.