On Simms unbuttoned Kyle Shanahan is talking about how he called games early on to not lose and help the defense.
Said he knew it would be sketchy at the start with Jimmy G coming off of a torn ACL and having to lean on young receivers. Knew the offense would be stagnant
Simms asked if Jimmy started clicking when the #49ers traded for Sanders
“That was the timing of it but our defense and our run game carried our offense at the beginning of the year to where we didn’t have to do much or put a lot on Jimmy”
“During that time, though we were undefeated while all a sudden Jimmy never thought about his ACL come week 6,7,8. It allowed us to weather that storm that so many players have to go through coming back from an injury.”
Shanahan on feeling like it’s SuperBowl or bust “That’s why I never want to do this stuff. That’s why it’s taken me 167 days to come back on. Because I know Florio is going to take something this and say ‘oh Kyle Shanahan is only worried about this’ “ 😂
“We were a couple plays short of winning the SuperBowl. What do people expect our expectations to be?”
“Once you feel good in this league, I promise you will be so humbled. You always need to think you are about to get fired. Always need to think you are about to get cut because... you are”
“when you start thinking anything is easy you are on your way out.”
Simms asked Kyle what’s his message to Jimmy heading into this season
“That you are just getting started. It was your first time playing for entire season. Never had longer than a 3 game stretch. And last year you had 16. Look how good you did. Look how far we got”
“But that’s not the finished product. And not just for Jimmy, for me and all the guys. We are still going”
“How can Jimmy not get better? He’s played one season. That’s just the starting point” - Kyle Shanahan
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I’ve been up since 3:30am. Couldn’t sleep so of course my mind starts going crazy. Obviously about football because I’m obsessed. Specifically about QB’s and the draft since it’s a hot topic with my 49ers. So here we go.. thread time
So first I started thinking about just how impressed I’ve been with Zach Wilson. Saw Daniel Jeremiah say he has some Aaron Rodgers to him.. I was like ok I can see that. Then was like damn.. how high will he go? 2? 3? Top 8? Do you trade up for a guy? It’s a solid class..
And then I started thinking about teams in recent years that have traded up for QBs..
Rams moved up from 15 to 1 for Goff
Eagles from 12 to 8 to 2 for Wentz
Chiefs from 27 to 10 for Mahomes
Texans from 25 to 12 for Watson
(Clearly no QB is EVER out of reach if you want him)
Just my opinion/thoughts on Henry Ruggs coming out:
Ruggs is a SPEED GUY. Not just speed but he was taken at 12 before any other receiver b/c of his ELITE speed. Now.. I had him at WR6 and people thought I was crazy. But let me explain
When you are that speed guy and that’s your BEST trait..you have to learn how to use that as a threat on a down to down basis. So even if he’s running a slant or stop route give the elision of a vertical threat
Ruggs did not do that. When he played against GOOD corners in the SEC.. when you watch the film.. he was not using the threat of his speed consistently. From press corners in the SEC were way too comfortable. No way that should be playing dick to hip on 4.2 speed.
Also, wanted to briefly go over why I do threads and what I was looking for. My threads are typically longer because I post anything notable. Also, I do not know coverages.. I’m not in meetings.. so I’ll tell you what I think but can’t say for certain.
Alright.. 1st play. Receiver motioned down so it forced him to play off. Did a good job settling his feet and "taking the charge" as I like to call it. Now just keep the receiver in tight a little. Be a little stronger at the top. Not a bad rep. Not worried about getting ran by.
shadowing Thomas most of this game. From the 1st play in press. I'm big on challenging not only the receiver but yourself. Davis did a really good job all game with that. I think that last clip is the only catch Davis gave up in press vs Thomas
Off coverage work. I thought this was beautiful here. Utilizing the leverage step. Leverage step allows you to stay square while keeping your initial inside leverage with the receiver so the receiver cant cross face allowing the DB to break evenly in any direction or turn and run
Ok. Last but not least, my outlook on the San Francisco #49ers
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So I got this tweet from @fablee4 and i started thinking to myself “Self, what do the Packers have to do to beat the 49ers this season? 🤔” and then i expanded on that question to “Who will the 49ers be come playoff time? 🤔”
So i started off by looking at the 49ers as whole. Ok..let’s start with the defense... one that was ranked 1st or 2nd in defense last season.
Returning 10 out of 11 starters. Buckner being the key loss. Inserting a developing Kinlaw who maybe only be a 2 down guy right now
Raheem Mostert
Tevin Coleman
Jerick McKinnon
Jeff Wilson Jr
Kyle Juszczyk
Receivers
Deebo Samuel
Brandon Aiyuk
Kendrick Bourne
Trent Taylor
Dante Pettis
Richie James Jr (had Austin here before IR. Also didn’t know James was coming off PUP)