It’s quite funny where we choose to attribute meaning in football. Countless treatises are written about why and how Team A or Player A is so good, so special. Someone will go to the film room and spend hours talking about a wonderful, well-thought-out scheme. Yet, in the end, one bounce of the odd-shaped ball and a juggernaut is eliminated, in shambles. One toe goes slightly out of bounds; a championship contender cleans out its lockers the following day.
After plenty of fortunate bounces and toes (ahem) going just “outside the boundary,” the 49ers are once again thinking Super Bowl. But they’re no slouch built entirely on luck. Given what they’ve accomplished of late, it’d be difficult to bet against them. They must feel invincible, and for a good reason.
