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Burning questions now the story of the season" />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteNiners Nationa San Francisco 49ers communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsLibrary49ersOddsShopAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference Calls49ers will have some storylines in 2019New Nick Bosa 49ers Jersey ,23commentsBurning questions now the story of the seasonPDTShareTweetShareShare49ers will have some storylines in 2019Storylines. Besides the clear spirit of competition and the modern day gladiators football brings us, the storylines keep it going. The Jim Harbaugh/Trent Baalke feud from 2015 was one of the greatest and may have been the story of the season for the NFL. The story of Eric Berry overcoming cancer with the Kansas City Chiefs is something heartwarming and always good to read again and again.The 49ers will have some good storylines in 2019. For one, is the Kyle Shanahan/John Lynch partnership truly working? Thanks to some reports, that will be something we’ll be keeping an eye on whether it’s true or untrue. Or is Jerick McKinnon’s career going to be getting elevated after coming back from an ACL tear? ESPN put together the stories of the season for each NFL team and 49ers blogger Nick Wagoner thinks the story will surround Jimmy Garoppolo. This is going to be huge. Garoppolo crashed and burned in training camp for 2018 and while not anywhere near awful, had a few head scratching decisions. He’s only played 10 games so this can be the season that defines him. Well, if he can make it through 16 games. I think the bigger story is still a question and that’s if the Kyle Shanahan/John Lynch partnership will work. This has stakes far beyond the 49ers. If the 49ers can make a tear in the league and into the playoffs Joe Montana Color Rush Jersey , it will give a good barometer of how long it should take an NFL team to get things turned aroundwith a less than stellar roster. Not everyone is Jim Harbaugh walking into an underachieving 49ers squad or Bill Belichick getting the New England Patriots with Drew Bledsoe.The 49ers started things with the great roster purge of 2017 cleaning Trent Baalke’s decisions out of the building.They’ve gone through three offseasons of drafts and free agencies and now are looking to be competitive. If it takes a team three years to do such a thing, it’s something teams will look to rather than evaluate a head coach after a terrible first year doesn’t go well (which the 49ers did for Chip Kelly and Jim Tomsula, but who’s keeping track?). The time it takes to turn a roster around is not just an overnight process. It also will emphasize how important it is that a general manager and head coach working together is in the scheme of things. In the past, egos can get in the way or friction from one side or the other causes more drama. If this works, it can be a good point to make for NFL coaching staffs and front offices on how important being in sync with visions is for the better of the franchise. This was Baalke’s biggest problem, he wanted his team his way and the coaches to deal with it and was less interested in what a coach desired or needed to run their system. This method could have made coaches reluctant to come to San Francisco and also contributed to his firing. It also would prove that the six-year contracts to both Shanahan and Lynch were justified https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Deion-Sanders-Jersey , something that had a lot of naysayers in the aftermath of the signing. Remember how everyone was wondering how this partnership would work? What do you think the story of the season for the 49ers will be? The San Francisco 49ers have once again destroyed an opponent, and everyone wonders whom they have beat. That’s a tired narrative. The win puts them at 7-0, and they maintain their lead in the NFC West. The West is quickly becoming the best division in the NFL and the most competitive if it hasn’t already. Three of its four teams managed to pull out a win over the weekend and keep pace with the 49ers. After Week 9, the countdown begins. For one week, the NFC West was all at .500. Not anymore. Let’s get to it: Seattle Seahawks(6-2)This was a weird one. The Seahawks won their game in the first half with 24 unanswered points. In the second half, they managed just three points as a Matt Schaub-led Falcons team got back into it with 20 points.The Falcons did everything they could to give the Seahawks this game. When you look at the play between the two halves Roger Craig Jersey , it was not that convincing. Still, a win is a win is a win. The 49ers have had some mighty ugly wins in 2019 as well, so we can’t judge.The big takeaway is the Seahawks stay within pace of the 49ers.Los Angeles Rams (5-3)The Rams played a game in London against the Cincinnati Bengals. . The Bengals have yet to win a game, and the Rams are trying to get on track after getting Jalen Ramsey locked down. That alone should give you an idea of how this went. 24-10 isn’t exactly a convincing win over one of the worst teams in the league (especially when you think of what the 49ers did to the Bengals in their own house), but the Rams right the ship and get out of London.Arizona Cardinals (3-4-1)The Cardinals played the New Orleans Saints. A New Orleans Saints team that just got Drew Brees back. And for the briefest of moments, they showed some fight. And three field goals were all that fight got them.Meanwhile Ronnie Lott Color Rush Jersey , Drew Brees teed things up in the second quarter, and before you knew, the game ended 31-9, Saints. Considering the game was played in New Orleans, this might come as no surprise. The Saints are primed for a collision course with the 49ers in a few weeks, and we’ll see ho that goes. That game could show us what we are looking at with the 2019 postseason. Into Week 9 The 49ers and the Cardinals will square off for their Thursday Night Football game on Halloween https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Jerry-Rice-Jersey , and the 49ers have a chance to go further up in the division. The game will be in Arizona, so take from that what you will.The Rams have a bye. So. Bye.The Seahawks will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers have been great friends to the 49ers, losing in Week 1 to San Francisco, and then winning against the Rams. If they can knock Seattle off in Seattle, it not only will be epic chaos, but it would be a huge favor for the 49ers in tie-breaking procedures for the common games (the third tier of a tiebreaker). That should be an interesting game.1st: San Francisco 49ers; Next: at Arizona Cardinals2nd: Seattle Seahawks; Next: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers3rd: Los Angeles Rams; Next: BYE4th: Arizona Cardinals; Next: vs. San Francisco 49ers