I can’t watch 49ers games any more because the officials are so consistently biased in the calls against them. The opposing team can usually get away with murder and the 49ers players get flags and whistles at the slightest hint of what might be a transgression if somebody were to be squinting real hard and maybe notice a little something out the corner of their eye. Older kid and her husband are die-hard 49ers fans and regularly scream at the TV because of the idiocy of some of the calls.
I sincerely believe they’d be a much better team if they were allowed to play without the constant pressure of knowing that a b.s. penalty is coming their way within the next couple of downs.
However, a team does not go from the Superbowl to being this mediocre, (bordering on bad) in this short of a time frame w/o there being some serious issues, ones most likely regular fans are unaware of.
Yes, injuries played a part.
I am not a 49s fan and frankly watch very little football any more; I just happened to see that one game and that was my observation, too. The 49s got screwed on the calls.