The drama will not be ending anytime soon at 4949 Marie P. DeBartolo Way. The San Francisco 49ers are circling the drain in 2016, and it is no surprise that this could lead to a showdown come the end of the season. KNBR’s Kevin Jones is reporting that a source told him, “The more Chip Kelly keeps losing football games, the more he appears to be headed for a ‘collison course’ year-end meeting with GM Trent Baalke.”

When a season ends, there is always going to be an assessment. Even when a team wins the Super Bowl, there is a look at what needs to be improved heading into the coming season. When a team does not make the playoffs, the assessments are tougher. When a team potentially goes 3-13 or worse, well, you get the picture.

When this season ends, there will be meetings. Who is involved in these meetings is not entirely clear. Will Baalke get a pink slip on Black Monday, or will he and Kelly meet and then Jed York will decide what’s next? Maybe Baalke and Kelly will do battle in a steel cage in a loser leaves town match.

I really don’t know how this whole thing shakes out. If the team finishes with a top five pick and two or three wins, what happens? I can’t imagine nobody gets fired, but I can honestly say I don’t see how this all plays out in January. Almost nothing would surprise me at this point given the way this organization’s football operations departments attempts to operate. I could see Baalke gone and Kelly staying. I could see Kelly gone and Baalke staying. I could see both staying or both going. Almost nothing would surprise me. The only thing that would surprise me is zero changes whatsoever. Maybe Baalke and Kelly stick around and Jim O’Neil gets canned as the fall guy. That’s low on the likelihood list for me, but like I said, just about anything is in play.