SANTA CLARA >> Before the 49ers host the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl LX next Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium … whoa, whoa, whoa.

Too soon to predict? Yes, next season’s script is still being workshopped. A ton is required for the 49ers to end their 30-year drought between Lombardi Trophy celebrations.

This past Sunday’s Super Bowl blowout -- the Philadelphia Eagles bullied the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 – represents a blueprint for the 49ers’ future success. You know, change out some coordinators, bulk up on gnarly defensive linemen, insert a potential rushing champion, ace the draft and eventually hold fourth-quarter leads.

“There’s so much work before you get to that point,” 49ers owner Jed York told the Associated Press on Monday in New Orleans. “Obviously it started at the end of the season to get this thing ready and get this thing right and get this thing back on track. There’s no one that I respect more and trust more than John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan to get us back on track.”

The Eagles and the Chiefs are still favored ahead of the 49ers for good reasons, beyond the fact those franchises crushed the 49ers’ Super Bowl hopes in 2019, 2022, and ’23.

The 49ers sabotaged their latest Super Bowl Revenge Tour by producing a trauma-filled 6-11 season. The heavy lifting comes over the next month, from awarding Brock Purdy a contract extension (plus one for George Kittle) to gambling on costly upgrades in free agency and much-needed college prospects ahead of the draft.

For now, let’s dive into the stats and storylines leading into the Super Bowl’s 60th edition – The Joy of Sixty:

1. PURDY WATCH >> Once Purdy gets paid this offseason, the pressure amplifies to join a small fraternity of quarterbacks who’ve won a Super Bowl after losing their first such start: Len Dawson, Bob Griese, John Elway, and, as of Sunday, Jalen Hurts.

“The sooner you get him paid, you get rid of a bunch of crap that keeps getting written and talked about that shouldn’t be talked about,” Joe Montana told the Zach Gelb Show last week on radio row. “Everybody has up and down years. I can show you a handful of quarterbacks that are making a crapload of money that haven’t done anywhere near what Purdy has done.”

2. SUPER QBS >> In last year’s Super Bowl loss, Purdy committed no turnovers, threw one touchdown pass, completed 61% of his throws and passed for 255 yards. The true Super Bowl standards he’ll be chasing are from multiple-championship quarterbacks:

• Montana: 4-0 record, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, 68% completion rate, 285.5 yards per game.

• Tom Brady: 7-3, 21 touchdowns, six interceptions, 66% completion rate, 303.9 ypg.

• Patrick Mahomes: 3-2, 10 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 65% completion rate, 265.6 ypg.

• Terry Bradshaw: 4-0, nine touchdowns, four interceptions, 58% completion rate, 233 ypg.

• Troy Aikman: 3-0, five touchdowns, one interception, 70% completion rate, 229.7 ypg.

For now, Purdy is in the one-and-done Super Bowl camp with ex-49ers Steve Young (1-0, six TDs, no interceptions), Colin Kaepernick (0-1, one TD, one interception), and Jimmy Garoppolo (0-1, one TD, two interceptions).

3. HOME-FIELD AURA >> Only the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl on their home field. Mind you, the 1984 49ers won their crown nearby at Stanford Stadium; maybe Apple should remake seat cushions for this coming show.

At Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers are just 44-43 in regular-season action but 6-0 in the playoffs. Their best shot at reaching the Super Bowl is to host the NFC Championship Game two weeks prior. Of the past 10 NFC champions, seven won strictly at home in the playoffs to reach the Super Bowl. Tom Brady and the 2020 Buccaneers won three straight road NFC playoff games, while the 2018 and ’21 Rams each had a road NFC playoff win.

4. SCHEDULE WATCH >> The Eagles’ 2025 schedule features 7-of-9 road games against playoff teams from this past season: Kansas City, Buffalo, Green Bay, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Washington. Philadelphia, after going 3-0 at home in these playoffs, hosts playoff teams in 4-of-8 games next regular season: Washington, Detroit, Denver and the Los Angeles Rams.

Only four games on the 49ers’ 2025 schedule are against incumbent playoff teams: the Los Angeles Rams (home, away), the Houston Texans (away) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (away). This past season, the 49ers finished with the NFL’s toughest strength of schedule (.564), and the Eagles had the NFC’s second-easiest (.453).

5. COACHING CORNER >> Nick Sirianni, 43, needed nine playoff games to win his first Super Bowl. He holds a 6-3 postseason record (66.7 winning percentage) through four seasons at the Eagles’ helm.

Three-time champion Andy Reid, 66, just finished his 26th season as an NFL head coach: 14 years in Philadelphia, 12 years in Kansas City. He has coached a record 45 career playoff games (28-17; 62.2%).

The 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan, 45, is entering Year 9 with 12 playoff games played (8-4; 66.7% wins).