The San Francisco 49ers operate in a league of their own when it comes to impressive performances this season. Beating the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football was symptomatic of what Kyle Shanahan has done all season long: Adapt, adjust, and overcome. As a result the 49ers are achieving what no other team has been able to in 2025, and their 12-4 record is almost incomprehensible based on everything we understand about the NFL. Shanahan’s Coach of the Year case gets stronger by the week.
This has been a year where a lot of top teams have had the freedom to take a mulligan. The Bengals were without Joe Burrow
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