Lane Kiffin a front-runner for 49ers’ offensive coordinator job

There was a lot of concern surrounding the interior of the San Francisco 49ers' offensive line heading into this season. How would the largely inexperienced starting guards perform? One player responded to the concern by playing some impressive football in the first two weeks. Pro Football Focus handed second-year guard Aaron Banks the team's highest overall grade (77.7) among offensive players. In addition, Banks is the 49ers' highest-graded offensive lineman this season, even beating out veteran Trent Williams by a slight margin. Banks' pass-blocking grade of 82.2 ranks second on the team. Who beat him out? The 49ers' other starting guard, Spencer

The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 27-7, earning their first victory of the 2022 campaign, but it came with bad news, as second-year quarterback Trey Lance is expected to miss the rest of the 2022 campaign with an ankle fracture. Here are the offensive grades for the 49ers in Week 2: Quarterbacks: B The 49ers' offense was moving immediately with Trey Lance at the helm, with Kyle Shanahan drawing up a gameplan that opened up the run game early and often, which made sense given that the Seahawks gave up 5.1 yards per carry in Week 1 against the

Last week, following a 27-7 win over the Seattle Seahawks, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said that being under center for the 49ers offense after missing the offseason and preseason was "like riding a bike." On Sunday, during a mistake-filled 11-10 loss to the Denver Broncos that saw the offense commit three turnovers and a safety while converting just one of ten third downs, that bike at times looked like it had two flat tires. In his first start since stepping back into the quarterback spot after a season-ending injury to Trey Lance, Garoppolo finished 18-of-29 with 211 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. He also stepped out of the end

The San Francisco 49ers suffered another head-scratching loss, this time on Sunday Night Football to the Denver Broncos in an 11-10 defeat where the defensive brilliance could not overcome the offensive woes for the former. Here are the offensive grades for the 49ers in Week 3: Quarterbacks: D Jimmy Garoppolo had a porous performance and was undeniably the primary reason the San Francisco 49ers lost on Sunday. Garoppolo proved that, despite his bold words of desiring freedom this week, he was the same quarterback that he's been since he began his