A fact started making the rounds on Thursday: Not one player who touched the ball in the San Francisco 49ers’ NFC championship game win against the Green Bay Packers played in Thursday night’s rematch. That game was a little more than nine months ago.
The Super Bowl hangover takes on many forms. One reason so many conference champions fall off is that it’s hard to avoid bad injury luck two years in a row. And no Super Bowl participant had ever dealt with COVID-19 issues.
The 49ers’ season isn’t over yet, but it feels like it after a listless 34-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers, who took the easy win and improved to 6-2.