49ers: 10 things for which fans can be thankful at 2019 Thanksgiving

10 things for which 49ers fans can be thankful at 2019 Thanksgiving

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 11: Strong safety Jaquiski Tartt #29 and free safety Jimmie Ward #20 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrate Tartt stripping the ball from wide receiver D.K. Metcalf #14 of the Seattle Seahawks at the two yard line to prevent a Seattle Seahawks touchdown in the second quarter at Levi's Stadium on November 11, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

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Nick Bosa of Ohio State (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

No. 9: 49ers Being a Four-Win Team in 2018

Remember all those losses last year? Remember how much it stunk to know the season was essentially awash when quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo suffered his ACL injury back in Week 3?

For all those Niners fans who endured what turned into a four-win campaign, the reward was a pretty massive one: the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.

San Francisco, of course, grabbed EDGE Nick Bosa with that selection. With eight sacks already at Thanksgiving, Bosa is surging his way towards the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Heck, perhaps the Defensive Player of the Year.

This happened all because the 49ers weren’t able to win a lot of games a season ago. But unlike a number of other bottom-dwelling teams, both in 2018 and this season, the Niners weren’t wholly terrible. There was talent on both sides of the ball, just some of the key components were missing.

Judging by the 10-1 start to this season, it appears Bosa was one of those components and the rest of the missing pieces were filled.

So, yes. Let’s be thankful the 49ers weren’t particularly great last season. Because this was the direct path to landing Bosa.

Which leads to another thing San Francisco fans must be thankful about, the Arizona Cardinals.