The San Francisco 49ers are back in the game!
Four weeks into the new NFL season, northern California's finest sit atop the NFC West division after humbling the Los Angeles Rams to extend their home game-winning streak against the reigning Super Bowl champions, and have returned to the Super Bowl conversation once more. The only problem now? Week 5 looms large.
For all their domination on Monday's nationally televised stage, the 49ers have only looked like true Super Bowl contenders once in four games — okay, maybe twice if you frame Week 2's win over Seattle in the context of losing a starting quarterback and replacing him with a veteran who had barely practiced with the rest of the roster despite being present throughout training camp. Either side of that victory, two defeats — on the road in Chicago and Denver — raised questions over the team's viability; questions that were again suspended following the important divisional conquest to start the week.
