49ers could get an “easier” schedule next year

Last week we asked about silver linings in the 49er’s frustratingly disappointing 2024 season. Even then, there must be some positives after the consequences of their Friday night loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

One of them is the schedule. If the 49ers’ last-place position holds up for the remainder of the season, they would get the last-place schedule—on paper, anyway.

There’s still a lot of football to be played, and we do not want them to actively start losing for either this or a better draft pick. That is not a culture you want on a football team.

But we are fans. Once we are done with “The Quest for Pick No. 6” and back to the regularly scheduled “Quest for Six,” there’s the matter of the…