Kurtenbach: For Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers, the 2024 season is a challenge unlike any they’ve faced

Reaching the Super Bowl is a monumental task.

Overcoming the lingering emotions of losing that game is an even greater challenge.

And that’s the challenge facing the 49ers, the most recent Super Bowl losers — in overtime, no less — this season.

While every 49ers player will carry the weight of lofty expectations — amplified by the all-too-real notion that this might be the final year for this team’s core as we know it — the most pressure to perform lies on the shoulders of the team’s head coach, Kyle Shanahan.