The 49ers needed a week like this after a year like 2020. They needed smiles, celebrations, camaraderie, good news, daydreams about Kyle Shanahan’s new game plans and needed to see everything they planned to start for. join again.
They needed to see Jed York’s dollars flowing, in the hope of bringing many more victories back.
While we all try to tiptoe into the early stages of a world not entirely dominated by the pandemic’s paralysis, and while the 49ers try to recalibrate after last season’s struggles, you could say that the team leaders needed to break free a bit . They needed Jed York’s 40th birthday party on Saturday night, which included a now famous FaceTime session between York, John Lynch and others with the defender