Should the 49ers, over their last eight games, even come close to duplicating the first eight games, they will be at least in the running for a number of honors:

Defensive rookie of the year: Aldon Smith
Comeback player of …
Interesting the coach of the year award would certainly be cut out for Harbaugh if he can keep this rate up - and even more so if he can get the team to make some noise in the playoffs.
