The 49ers will win their first Super Bowl since Steve Young if they do these 3 things

Getting Christian McCaffrey going? Easy. Keeping Brock Purdy comfortable? Way harder.

The San Francisco 49ers are, once again, at the precipice of their former glory.

It’s been nearly three decades since Steve Young roasted the San Diego Chargers with six touchdown passes in a 49-26 blowout in the 1995 Super Bowl. The years since have seen a smattering of playoff appearances and abject failure. Recently, head coach Kyle Shanahan has built San Francisco into a perennial contender, reaching the NFC title game four times in five seasons. Sunday marks his second Super Bowl appearance — and a potential breakthrough.

The 49ers enter Super Bowl 58 as a slight 2.5-point favorite behind a roster that ranked third in the NFL in both points scored and points allowed. Now they’ve got to face the same team that beat them in the 2020 Super Bowl.

This is a different Kansas City Chiefs team than the one they saw four years ago, but the main characters remain the same. Shanahan will have to devise a way to stop Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce while finding an edge against Andy Reid. Here are the three easiest ways he can do it.