When I originally started writing this, it was supposed to be like “The Lookaround,” a brief glance at some of the major changes around the NFC West, specifically focusing on coaching and management changes in San Francisco and LA. But then when I was writing the eighth or ninth paragraph on Kyle Shanahan, I knew it had to be a post on it’s own.
What I had found was that for as good as Shanahan’s offense is with the Atlanta Falcons this season -- and make no mistake that it is great, having dropped 44 in the NFC Championship, their sixth 40-point game of the year -- there is a significant divide between the 2016 Falcons and Shanahan’s other teams, as well as a monumental difference between Atlanta’s players and the ones on the 49ers.