{"id":419346,"date":"2025-10-04T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/419346\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:50:13","slug":"49ers-early-nfc-west-record-bodes-well-for-super-bowl-chances-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/419346\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers\u2019 early NFC West record bodes well for Super Bowl chances \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Thursday night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/mac-jones-rams-win\/1878898\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memorable 26-23 overtime victory<\/a> over the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, it\u2019s safe to say the 49ers are on a roll.<\/p>\n<p>But it isn\u2019t any typical, early-season streak we\u2019re talking about: San Francisco\u2019s current NFC West record is perfect\u2014and bodes well for its Super Bowl chances.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers have started the season 3-0 in the NFC West for the third time since 2002 (2019 &amp; 2023) and the first time since the 2023 season, per San Francisco&#8217;s game notes.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers,now 4-1, are coming off a playoff-less 6-11 finish as the NFC West\u2019s last-place team in 2024.\u00a0But, as the fact points out, in the coach Kyle Shanahan era, the 49ers have made Super Bowl appearances the two times they&#8217;ve started the 3-0 in the division.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers by no means are locked in for postseason contention, let alone the Super Bowl, but early signs point to a resurging team despite dealing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/george-kittle-injury-update-2\/1879133\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plethora of key injuries<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, San Francisco has picked up crucial wins over every divisional opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the season is young\u2014and the 49ers have plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/video\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/quarterback-controversy-analysis-watch\/1879152\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subplots to iron out<\/a>\u2014but their NFC West record early on speaks volumes of what lies ahead for coach Shanahan and Co.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/49ers-talk-with-matt-maiocco.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Thursday night\u2019s memorable 26-23 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, it\u2019s safe to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,24991,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-419346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-analysis","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115315751515917572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}