49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Thread

Originally posted by 49ers81:
Uh-oh, here it comes - 20 more pages of the Smith vs Kap debate. I think I'll sit this one out. Go Brock!!

Agree 💯 %.

Originally posted by genus49:
Guys...let's keep this to Kyle Shanahan. We definitely don't need Alex vs Kap debates in 2026.

Agree. It's crazy that it was almost 15 years ago. Time flies. With that said, this may be the best receiver room Kyle has ever had. If Kittle returns to form, I'm curious to see what the offense will look like verses a dominant D-line/defense.

Kyle Shanahan

Shnanny

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Agree. It's crazy that it was almost 15 years ago. Time flies. With that said, this may be the best receiver room Kyle has ever had. If Kittle returns to form, I'm curious to see what the offense will look like verses a dominant D-line/defense.

it has the celling to be for sure. But it would require a lot of players to hit their ceiling early. Evans is an amazing WR but there is no doubt he is in the twilight of his career. Persall imo is a great WR who has produced when healthy but has gotten a bit unlucky and stribling is a rookie

It is so much better than last year but im not sure it is better than the Deebo Aiyuk and JJ when Brock first got his start. We were averaging like 30+ppg then. We can do that again i have faith but i think it will take a few weeks

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Agree. It's crazy that it was almost 15 years ago. Time flies. With that said, this may be the best receiver room Kyle has ever had. If Kittle returns to form, I'm curious to see what the offense will look like verses a dominant D-line/defense.

it has the celling to be for sure. But it would require a lot of players to hit their ceiling early. Evans is an amazing WR but there is no doubt he is in the twilight of his career. Persall imo is a great WR who has produced when healthy but has gotten a bit unlucky and stribling is a rookie

It is so much better than last year but im not sure it is better than the Deebo Aiyuk and JJ when Brock first got his start. We were averaging like 30+ppg then. We can do that again i have faith but i think it will take a few weeks

Those 30ppg was also due to stout defense. If our defense can makes stops like they did back then, those 30ppg will be back

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by 49ers81:
Uh-oh, here it comes - 20 more pages of the Smith vs Kap debate. I think I'll sit this one out. Go Brock!!

Agree 💯 %.

Ditto.

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by 49ers81:
Uh-oh, here it comes - 20 more pages of the Smith vs Kap debate. I think I'll sit this one out. Go Brock!!

Agree 💯 %.

Ditto.

Quest for 6 with Brock.

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Agree. It's crazy that it was almost 15 years ago. Time flies. With that said, this may be the best receiver room Kyle has ever had. If Kittle returns to form, I'm curious to see what the offense will look like verses a dominant D-line/defense.

it has the celling to be for sure. But it would require a lot of players to hit their ceiling early. Evans is an amazing WR but there is no doubt he is in the twilight of his career. Persall imo is a great WR who has produced when healthy but has gotten a bit unlucky and stribling is a rookie

It is so much better than last year but im not sure it is better than the Deebo Aiyuk and JJ when Brock first got his start. We were averaging like 30+ppg then. We can do that again i have faith but i think it will take a few weeks

If you are referring to 2022, our defense was elite- we had DeMeco calling plays. The consensus was also that Deebo was awful that year and Aiyuk only had just cracked 1000 yards.

I think Evans can equal Aiyuk in 2022. It isn't asking for a lot to expect the rest of the receiver room to be better. Brock is better. The only potential decline is with CMC, but hopefully the RB room as a whole looks much better (hopefully we have better run blocking).

Hoping to see some genuine innovation and new wrinkles this year. As well as incorporating more pure drop back passing now that we have Evans.

Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:
Hoping to see some genuine innovation and new wrinkles this year. As well as incorporating more pure drop back passing now that we have Evans.

ya super stoked to see how evans is incorporated into the offense, maybe it will look more like the 2016 falcons

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Agree. It's crazy that it was almost 15 years ago. Time flies. With that said, this may be the best receiver room Kyle has ever had. If Kittle returns to form, I'm curious to see what the offense will look like verses a dominant D-line/defense.

After a torn achilles that's easier said than done. I love Kittle though he's such a tough competitor

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
ya super stoked to see how evans is incorporated into the offense, maybe it will look more like the 2016 falcons

I'm not sold on this WR group as others are. I'm interested in seeing what Stribling, Watkins, and Bergen can do. Loved the Stribling and Watkins picks. I have no faith in either Pearsall or Kirk staying healthy for a full season. They couldn't even make it through OTAs without getting hurt. I think one of Robinson, Turner, or Cowing make the final 53. Shanahan has shown he'll abandon the 'spread-it-around' approach and lean on his best players when he doesn't trust the talent/experience in the depths. We saw it last year with his dependence on CMC last year. You brought up the 2016 Falcons. They brought in Sanu and Gabriel via free agency after Shanahan had leaned hard on Julio and Freeman in 2015.

Evans can definitely be a guy Shanahan can lean on if things get dire. I don't see Shanahan incorporating more nine routes to accomodate what Evans was used to in Tampa. They don't attack deep verticals often because of Purdy. Evans is capable of running corners, outs, and digs. He'll be asked to run more intermediate posts, short slants, and routes back to the ball (comeback/curl). Evans can get 140+ targets in this offense if things are bad around him. Otherwise, the number number will be sub-100. He's the designated X, so he should still be the top target.

Originally posted by jcs:
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Originally posted by pillageDatazz:
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Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:
Hoping to see some genuine innovation and new wrinkles this year. As well as incorporating more pure drop back passing now that we have Evans.

We'll need to see better, more consistent pass blocking if Brock is going to stay in the pocket.