I'm going to editorialize a bit here, but this take on the San Francisco 49ers is one worth discussing at length.
Should the Niners end up being a one-and-done playoff team by losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round, it'd be disappointing, yes.
But it wouldn't change the fact 2025 was a storybook season. Period.
This has been a theme on my mind over the latter half of the season; a San Francisco team facing inordinate amounts of adversity somehow in serious contention for the No. 1 seed in the conference's playoff picture.