Perhaps nobody in the professional sports world has had a better 48 hours than 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Indiana ...

In addition, the 49ers have the easiest schedule in the NFL next season. So they don't have to be dominant to make the playoffs. They just have to stay healthy and peak at the right time.

The San Francisco 49ers entered 2024 with one of the top rosters in football and one of only a consensus handful of teams with a shot at winning Super Bowl LIX. That was until—among other bumps ...

And if the 49ers somehow had reached the playoffs without them, they wouldn't have returned for the postseason. They were done for the year. So it's a stretch to expect those two suddenly to play ...