The 49ers are at the crossroads. Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch are entering Year 9 of their tenure with the 49ers. Now, they’re relatively healthy, they have the easiest schedule in the league on paper and they got back defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, which means people expect the 49ers to bounce back this season — anything less than 10 wins would be seen as a massive failure. “Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch surely have earned the benefit of the doubt for building a team that tied the Chiefs with the NFL’s best winning percentage between 2022 and ’23 (.735),” writes NFL.com’s Tom Blair.