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NFL Analysis: The Niners Try And Climb The Last Step

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The San Francisco 49ers come into a season looking for redemption off of heartbreak for the second year in a row. In 2011, they lost a gutwrenching NFC Championship Game to the New York Giants. Last year they lost the Super Bowl to the Baltimore Ravens when they were stopped three times inside the 5-yard-line. There’s only one way to keep moving forward and it’s to win it all. Today’s NFL analysis measures the Niners against that very high bar.

NFL Team Previews: San Francisco 49ers

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The San Francisco 49ers had their first winning season since 2002 a year ago and did it in a big way. Rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh led a renaissance by the Bay, as the team jumped from six wins to thirteen wins in a single season, won an epic playoff game against New Orleans and then lost an equally epic NFC Championship Game to the New York Giants in overtime. Was it a sign of things to come, a one-year wonder or somewhere in between? TheSportsNotebook previews the 49ers and their chances in 2012…