SANTA CLARA — Super Bowl or bust? A 5-0 start certainly makes the 49ers an emerging contender, if not the NFC leader. And a winning mentality is empowering whichever course they take.
Next up is Sunday’s game at Washington (1-5).
“Our guys believe that they can win. They’ve done that so far. But by no means do we feel we’ve arrived,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday. “There’s lots of things we can do better. We know teams are going to get better as we keep going. The main thing is we will, too.”
Right behind them in the NFC West standings are the Seattle Seahawks (5-1).