It’s hard to play better football than the 49ers did down the stretch in 2022. They won their final 10 games, including seven by double digits. Still, their dominance comes with some question marks.
One critique of the 49ers heading into the postseason is that they haven’t been “tested.” Presumably that means they’ve not faced playoff-caliber opponents, since requiring a team to be a Super Bowl contender to be considered a “test” on an NFL schedule would leave perhaps 27 or 28 teams out of that category entirely and render the entire exercise of calling a team untested moot.
