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4 decisions that backfired on SF 49ers in 2020

Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

The SF 49ers endured an arduous, injury-filled season in 2020, but things could have been much better if these four decisions were different.

There are plenty of reasons why the 2020 SF 49ers fell way short of expectations.

Chief among the causes behind the Niners’ 6-10 finish was the injury factor, all but derailing their chances to engineer a dominant follow-up campaign to their Super Bowl appearance the season before.

While that’s a good excuse and one which will define San Francisco’s efforts last season, it can’t explain everything.