Predicting the 49ers’ ceiling and floor for 2022

Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty ImagesEveryone assumes the floor for the 49ers will be drastically lower, with Trey Lance under center in 2022. However, those same folks believe San Francisco’s ceiling is significantly higher, thus, making the unknown for this season the reason to tune in weekly.

Let’s examine both the floor and the ceiling of what the national pundits expect from the Niners this season. For this exercise, let’s act as if the floor would be missing the playoffs while the ceiling would be hoisting a Lombardi trophy.

Peter King - 7th seed

I’m going to tell you that King has had success predicting teams on the heels of him saying Lance will lose his job Monday,…