After last year's heartbreaking loss in Super Bowl LIV against the Kansas City Chiefs, the San Francisco 49ers only have one thing in mind: to get even better.
According to general manager John Lynch, however, they are primed to do just that and compete for more championships moving forward.
“I think it's a state of a team that I think is very well-equipped to compete for championships,” Lynch said during the 49ers' State of the Franchise event (per NBC Sports). “Now, it's incumbent upon us to find a way to be better than we were last year, which was pretty darn good.”
Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan have been pushing the franchise forward, and last year's Super Bowl appearance just proves that the 49ers are heading towards the right direction. Although the team had key losses this offseason with DeForest Buckner, Emmanuel Sanders and Joe Staley all departing the squad, they do have the likes of Javon Kinlaw, Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams to beef up their 2020 roster.
“We talk about it a lot, Kyle and I. It's a philosophy that we kind of bonded on when we first started having conversations. It's something Jon Gruden used to talk about. You never stay the same. You're either getting better or you're getting worse,” Lynch added.
It's hard to imagine that a team who finished a league-best 13-3 record last year still has some room to grow, but if the 49ers want to win the last game of the season, they just have to find ways to get better. With Lynch and Shanahan on top of things, however, rest assured that the team will be up for the challenge.
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