The San Francisco 49ers lost another NFC Championship this past weekend and have not gotten a taste of the Super Bowl win the fan base has been craving since 1995.
With the loss, the 49ers have made 3 appearances in the NFC title game in the last four years. San Francisco has only won one of the title games and punched their ticket into the Super Bowl once in 2020.
Unfortunately, the team has not walked away with a victory at the big game. The 49ers will not be successful in the near future.
I don’t believe they ever will. No matter how successful the team has been over the years, the 49ers got beat when it mattered most.
They lost their third string quarterback Brock Purdy due to injury on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles which basically flushed our hopes down the toilet.
Purdy’s injury sucked, it truly did. However, it’s time to start putting the blame on the coaching staff as well as the players for these losses.
In last year’s NFC title game, the 49ers were up against division rival Los Angeles Rams, who before they met them for the third matchup in the NFC Championship game, beat them twice in the regular season. The 49ers had all the momentum going into that game even with it being held at SoFi Stadium in LA.
Even with the crowd on their side, the Rams managed to pull a game-winning final drive in the last three minutes to score a winning field goal. Even with the number one defense, the 49ers couldn’t finish the game to head back to the Super Bowl.
The offense led them to not score in their final drive losing 20-17.
With back-to-back losses in the NFC Championship game, the Niners have had something go wrong for them on each occasion.
We can go back to the 2012 season and say the same thing. The 49ers have been nothing but failures that have become the modern day Buffalo Bills.
The Bills went to four Super Bowls in four years are what the 49ers are slowly becoming.
Between the 2012-2014 seasons, San Francisco was as dominant as they are right now. They made it to three back-to-back-to-back NFC Championship games led by former San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh.
Not only did the 49ers have the most complete defense like they do now, but they had all-pro players like NaVorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, and Aldon Smith.
Some say the Niners are cursed. In a 10-year span, the 49ers made it to six NFC Championship Title games and had Super Bowl appearances and have walked away with no rings since 1994.
The Joe Montana and Jerry Rice era was the peak that the 49ers are still looking to reach.
No matter how good the Niners are doing, they just can’t get where they want to be. With the different coaches, teams, location and management, San Francisco has had no luck since closing down Candlestick Park.
I’m afraid that the 49ers have become the Sauron of the NFL: Always chasing a ring, but never getting it.
Yes we can always bring up the history, but will this modern age 49er faithful fans ever get to experience a Super Bowl win?
The Bay Area has been spoiled with the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants in the last 15 years with multiple championships.
But for the 49ers, it's looking like they will rely on their past for their future now.
Either something needs to change or the 49er faithful will continue to taste disappointment that they felt on Sunday.
