There are fewer teams in the that have been more successful recently than the . Over the past several years, they've shown their class as one of the best teams in the NFC, and really all the league as a whole. During the last five years, they have the second-most total wins of any team in the conference, and have made it to the NFC Championship game in four of the past five seasons.
For the most part, they've been dominant, especially in the latter half of the past decade. Yet, the team doesn't have much hardware to show for it, aside from NFC Championship titles during the 2019 and 2023 seasons. They've been to the twice in the past five years, and have lost to the in nail-biting fashion both times.
Those losses hurt, and according to cornerback Charvarius Ward, who spoke about the teams playoff struggles on the they make the team even hungrier heading into the 2024 season: It [will] make you a little hungrier...
Obviously you've got to change something because you didn't win the Super Bowl. You can't go in there and be the exact same team and do the exact same stuff and expect to win the Super Bowl the next year. The 49ers have proven their ability to get to the latest, most important games on the league calendar, yet they just keep finding ways to fall short.
With a quarterback nearing the end of his rookie contract, the time is now to finally win a Super Bowl. The 49ers' Window to Contend is Open Now, But Won't Be Forever While they've fallen short of the ultimate prize, .
