SANTA CLARA – So long, offseason. Say hello to another 49ers quest for that elusive sixth Lombardi Trophy.
This season marks their 30th anniversary since Steve Young tightly clutched that silver prize, the same trophy Patrick Mahomes twice snatched from the 49ers in the past five years. Surely you haven’t forgotten last season’s unhappy ending, when the 49ers went overtime and lost to Mahomes and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII.
To refresh your memory of what has unfolded since that loss...