Golden Nuggets: Is 8-8 acceptable?

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty ImagesOutside predictions are telling. If someone tells you, they watched the San Francisco 49ers offense the last two years, and says, “the fullback isn’t valuable in Kyle Shanahan’s offense,” they probably skimmed over some box scores. Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr gave his season predictions for the NFL. He didn’t go into too much detail. I’m sure those will come the closer we get to the season.

Orr predicted the Niners would go 8-8. Here’s what he had to say:

A lot of people are pegging this as the year that everything finally materializes in San Francisco. The problem? Their division is tough, and they have a super early bye week.…