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Opponent Scouting Report: San Francisco 49ers

Related Topics: San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan

San Francisco has won seven games combined over the past two seasons, and they’ve fired two head coaches in the process.

Kyle Shanahan comes to San Francisco after an incredibly successful tenure as the Falcons’ offensive coordinator, and he should help ignite an offense that finished 23rd in the league last season according to Football Outsiders.

With a new look front office and coaching staff, the 49ers are looking at a total rebuild this season.

Strengths

There aren’t too many bright spots on a team that went 2-14 last season, but they still have a talented running back in Carlos Hyde who rushed for nearly 1,000 yards in 2016 at 4.