There's been a sort of waiting game with the San Francisco 49ers this season. A game of everyone around the football world waiting for them to fail.
Waiting for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to fall off a cliff. He hasn't.
Waited for cornerback Richard Sherman to slow down. He looks like the Sherman of old.
Waiting for the defense to slip. It keeps getting stronger and more dominant, the way Superman does when approaching a yellow sun.
Waiting for coach Kyle Shanahan to become Freddie Kitchens. Not happening.
We keep waiting for something to break, something to slow down, something to falter, and it just doesn't.