Originally posted by Aj_hwd954:
Jimmy "worked with" a 1-10 roster, that started 0-9 that season, worst since the late 70s I believe, a first time GM and HC, a roster that was blown up from the previous year that was also decimated with injuries, and his targets were a trackstar and nothing more, a short white guy, an undrafted rookie, Louis Murphy, Celek Time (was never a thing before Jimmy), George Kittle who was still coming into his own, and Juice (thought of as an overpaid and terrible signing before Jimmy). Oh and by the way? That "talented team" that Jimmy is so privileged to be working with? is 4-20 since 2017, Jimmys 7 wins with the 49ers nearly double what Shanahan and this roster has "accomplished" in three seasons, and he's only played NINE GAMES
I get what you're saying and I don't deny Jimmy played great in 2017, but we just weren't expansion level anymore. We had NFL coaches, we had a WR that could stretch the field, we had a really good slot guy that would get open every 3rd down it seemed, and a TE that was set to break the NFL yardage record.
The 2017 team was 1-10 because Shanny tried to use expansion level QBs (Hoyer, Beathard). The roster, and offensive weapons in particular, were completely different from 2016. There were no Shaun Draugns, or Chris Harpers, or Dujuan Harris's. Kerley wasn't our best option. If 2017 was expansion level, the numbers Kap put up with the 2016 team are pretty impressive.