Bengals-49ers: How Seeds Of Current Success Were Sown In Historic Rivalry

Sunday’s resumption of one of the NFL’s more interesting rivalries (4:25 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Local 12) at Levi’s Stadium is already intriguing even before it kicks off. Both the Bengals and the 49ers have been to their last two conference title games and as Bengals head coach Zac Taylor revealed Wednesday, he held up head coach Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers as an example for his team as early as 2020.