the 49ers were basically relevant from 1980 to 2002. we missed the playoffs 3 times in that span, including our 10-6 record in 1991 (and im convinced we would have won the superbowl that year, we won our last 6 games and were destroying people.... redskins were bitches that year we would have taken them).
yes, its true we haven't been to the playoffs in 5 years, but things will change for the better. its true that york was once part of the problem, but anyone who actually knows our franchise can no longer use that excuse. we have paid good money for players, good money for coaches, york has nothing to do with our failures of the past couple years. i blame him for putting us in a bad spot from the beginning (firing mooch after he got us to the divisional, letting TO and Jgar go), but he (or denise or jed or whoever the fuck is pulling the trigger) has been much better lately. no, he's not eddie "hands on" debartalo but he's finally letting people who know football run things.
people are obviously going to say the cowboys or steelers at this point because both teams have had recent success. but for all of the jocking of the cowboys, they haven't won a playoff game in 12 years. i know relevancy can't be graded SOLELY on playoff wins (its obvious the cowboys were a good team last year) but lets not take the cowboys ranking into the all time greats just on how they look right now. they haven't done dick in almost a decade and a half.
