Thankfully, the San Francisco 49ers own the bye week for the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs, having gone 13-3 in the regular season and securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
This two-week break will be important, giving everyone on the roster a chance to rest up and prepare, while also affording time for a number of key players to return from injuries, certainly improving head coach Kyle Shanahan’s chances to get his squad into Super Bowl LIV this February.
That said, the Niners would be wise to clean up a few aspects of their game in the postseason.