Niners Are Showing Some Life Even While Losing

Sep 22, 2017 at 10:30 AM--


The 49ers lost again Thursday night, in heartbreaking fashion. After three games they're winless and sitting at the bottom of the NFC West.Yet over the past two games, the 49ers are giving their fans something new to see. Last week, it was an improved running game and a much more solid defense vs. the Seahawks. Thursday night it was the potential of Kyle Shanahan's newly installed offensive system that put up 39 points with a suspect offensive line and a journeyman quarterback. Plus, Shanahan's 49ers have fought hard the past two games. Whereas the Niners of the past three seasons have been rather dull, plodding teams, this version has more spark."I was proud of the guys, how they fought," Shanahan told Dieter Kurtenbach of the Bay Area News Group after the 41-39 loss to the Rams. "We have mentally strong people. I believe we'll get better from all this stuff. … I don't really care about record right now, I care about how guys are responding to it."While that may sound strange – a head coach not caring about his won-loss record – Shanahan certainly seems to be taking a long view of his assignment to help turn around this franchise.As Kurtenbach noted, the effort...
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