poewelch84
Well-Known Member
Since the Salary cap in 1994, the Niners declined and have been pretty terrible until a few years ago. They won it all in 1994, but that team was built pre-cap. They figured it out somewhere in the mid-oughts and started building it back from the ground up. It took until Harbs to find the right coach/player/philosophy mix. Niners, Hawks, Cards and Rams are going to be very tough for a while.
They made the playoffs the year the Bucs won the Super Bowl that was their last good season and made the playoffs pretty much every year until the 2000 and 2001 seasons. I wouldn't call that terrible. After 2002 they were which is pretty much the entire time the Seahawks have been in the division.