Bye Week Checklist

- Craig Massei

Perhaps no other team in 49ers history had as much work to do during the bye week as coach Kyle Shanahan’s unit does this year. But at least the Niners can go into their mid-November break feeling good about themselves after recording their first victory of the season in Week 10 against the New York Giants. However, that feel-good sendoff to San Francisco’s second latest in-season break since the bye week was instituted in 1990 doesn’t mask all the problems and issues facing the 49ers before it. The Niners can use the extra week to rest, reload and do the things necessary to put the team in position to record more victories down the homestretch. Here’s a list of 10 things the 49ers need to address before they return to action on Nov. 26 against the Seattle Seahawks, beginning a final run of six games that will complete Shanahan’s debut season.

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