SANTA CLARA — You can fault the 49ers for many things this season. There are too many to list.
But make no mistake about it: they were professionals until the end.
(Save for DeVondre Campbell, of course.)
And as this team heads into a pivotal and critical offseason, that professionalism shouldn’t be overlooked.
While the rest of the league’s non-playoff teams are firing coaches and general managers left and right, the program, as it were, is still in good standing in Santa Clara.