B/R AM: 49ers' Window = Closed?

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The Super Bowl discourse since Sunday night has turned to ...

1. Why can't the 49ers win the big one?
2. Is the 49ers' Super Bowl window closed?
   

First question: It didn't help that players didn't know the new OT rules.

Second question: The 49ers are favored to win it all in 2025, but only one team since 1971 (2017 Patriots) has lost a Super Bowl and won it the next year.

The 49ers also have money issues.

• They're $44M over the salary cap, according to ESPN

• Nine players will make a combined $212M next year, leaving $28-$33M for the other 44 players, according to SI

• They only have one more year before they have to give Brock Purdy a huge pay raise from the $1M he'll make next year

Decisions coming soon.

HEADLINES

➤ Sunday's viewership broke records

➤ Mahomes was mic'd up for final play

➤ Controversial ending to Knicks-Rockets

➤ Wemby has historic 10-block night

➤ Tiger Woods launches own brand

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

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⚽ UCL Round of 16

• Copenhagen vs. Man City (CBS, 3 PM ET)
• RB Leipzig vs. Real Madrid (P+, 3 PM ET)

🏀 NBA Tuesday

• Celtics at Nets (7:30 PM ET)
• Thunder at Magic (TNT, 7:30 PM ET)
• Heat at Bucks (8 PM ET)
• Kings at Suns (TNT, 10 PM ET)

ONE LAST THING

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