SANTA CLARA — After three consecutive trips to the NFC Championship Game and a heartbreaking overtime loss in Super Bowl LVIII, there was only one thing that could make the 49ers’ 2024 NFL season a success.It was a Super Bowl title or bust.Of course, it ended up being a bust.The 49ers finished in last place in the NFC West with a 6-11 record.This is a new season, and the 49ers will have a new look with a significant degree of roster turnover. Approximately a dozen starters and contributors are gone, including such mainstays as Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw and Charvarius Ward.Still, there is only one way to define true satisfaction in the NFL, 49ers general manager John Lynch said on the latest “49ers Talk.”“Well, what I know is at the end of each season there’s one happy team,” Lynch said. “So I think, ultimately, that’s what will define it. Are we that team, the last team standing?”The 49ers...
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