‘In 2011, the 49ers ranked eighth in the NFL in rushing (11 spots higher than the previous season) on the way to a 13-3 finish and a trip to the NFC Championship Game. In 2012, they were fourth in the league in that category on the way to the Super Bowl, where they lost to Baltimore. A year later, their ground game was third in the NFL and they lost to Seattle for the conference title. Last season, despite the turmoil that led to coach Jim Harbaugh leaving the 49ers for the University of Michigan, Roman still managed to guide the league’s fourth-best rushing attack.’