
The San Francisco 49ers entered 2024 with one of the top rosters in football and one of only a consensus handful of teams with a shot at winning Super Bowl LIX.
That was until—among other bumps in the road—star running back Christian McCaffrey missed the beginning of the season and now will miss the end, receiver Brandon Aiyuk tore his ACL, and quarterback Brock Purdy was in and out of the lineup with a shoulder injury.