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Have the 49ers Actually Closed the Gap? | What Dave Lombardi ACTUALLY Said and What He Means
Have the San Francisco 49ers genuinely closed the gap on their fiercest competition heading into 2026? On the Rams, who just traded for Myles Garrett and are going all in with a Super Bowl at SoFi on the line? On the defending world champ Seahawks? On the Eagles, who despite their injury collapse last season remain one of the most physically built rosters in the NFC? A Dave Lombardi tweet set some fans off this week. People read it. People reacted. People ran with it in directions that had nothing to do with what Lombardi was actually saying. And now the conversation is muddied when it should…
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