The 2020 hardly resemble anything like the NFC-winning club the franchise fielded only a season ago.
At 4-5, the Niners are last in the NFC West with an offense that ranks 13th overall (374 yards per game) and a defense currently the seventh-best in the league (324.7 yards per game). It's been an odd year full of injuries and inconsistent play but it hasn't shaken the team's belief in its foundational athletes.
That includes quarterback , as general manager John Lynch noted during an interview with KNBR's Murph and Mac on Friday:
"I think the elephant in the room, everyone wants to know about Jimmy.