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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After three straight seasons of long playoff runs, the San Francisco 49ers are packing up and heading home early for a change. A season that started with contract disputes that kept stars out of training camp, was a rough one until the end with the 49ers enduring several off-field tragedies, injuries to key players and inconsistent play that left one of the preseason Super Bowl favorites playing out the string the final few weeks of a 6-11 campaign.
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