When the first half of Sunday’s exhausting 49ers loss ended with them maintaining a 23-21 lead, there was a pretty clear sense that the best chance to put Russell Wilson away had already been wasted.
Oh, Trent Baalke. You have to give the man credit, the stories from his era of stewardship over the 49ers are, if nothing else, exceedingly entertaining.
As their division-rival Los Angeles Rams were doing something of a victory lap before their Monday night matchup, San Francisco announced a move echoing the current situations for both teams.