You’d have to say the 49ers’ season has been a disappointment.
Super Bowl participants are supposed to roar out of the gate the next year, establish themselves as one of the favorites and then expect to do some damage in the playoffs.
Instead, the Niners lost the opener to Arizona and have been on a frustrating quest to get to .500 for most of the year. It has begun to look like the enduring image of this season will be Nick Bosa, rolling off the field in a golf cart. Done for the year.
And that is why, right here in public, we should salute and praise Sunday’s 23-20 win over the Rams.