The Rams are going for it this year. They’ve mortgaged their future not just in terms of cap flexibility, as many contenders do, but also in terms of draft capital, as they’ll have very little of it between now and...say 2025. They are well-positioned to win, though, and aside from maybe the Buccaneers, Packers and Cowboys, look like one of the few true contenders in the NFC. They’re probably the favorite to win it.
The 49ers, meanwhile, are a disappointment. They have had one brilliant season under Kyle Shanahan where they fell just short of winning a Super Bowl, and sandwiched around that have been three-and-a-half years of abject disappointment.