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The 49ers’ offense had gone so off the rails last year that general manager John Lynch had to shoot down any notion that he’d trade his own head coach.
Two days before they hosted the Bears for Thomas Brown’s first game as interim head coach, Lynch went on San Francisco radio and said he found it “comical” that fans were talking about Kyle Shanahan being dealt — perhaps to the Bears.
Then, for 60 minutes, the 49ers looked like themselves again. In the first half alone, the 49ers hung a ridiculous 319 yards against the Bears on 37 plays.