
There are two big keys for NFL teams going into the playoffs: health and playing well. San Francisco has both. Their 10-game winning streak is evidence of how well they’re playing, and their virtually empty injury report is evidence of how much their health has turned around since the middle of the year.
By Week 6 when the 49ers fell to the Falcons in Atlanta it looked like injuries might derail their season. They’d lost running back Elijah Mitchell and quarterback Trey Lance. Defensive end Nick Bosa was hurt. So were cornerbacks Charvarius Ward and Emmanuel Moseley, who tore his ACL in Week 5.