SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – The San Francisco 49ers are an NFL enigma. So bad one week, so good the next – and it’s hard to explain exactly why.
Other than inconsistency, of course.
They have no real identity on offense in large part because of injuries, and the only reason they’re alive in the playoff chase with a lowly 5-9 record: The Niners play in the dreadful NFC West.
No team has made the playoffs with a losing record in a non-strike season – so, this could be a history-making first for the West champion. Cleveland and Detroit advanced in the 1982 strike season with 4-5 records when the playoffs were expanded to include eight teams per conference.
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