MIAMI – The older this media jackal gets, the better he understands why football coaches sometimes laugh, shake their head and struggle to understand the basis for a fellow jackal’s question.
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, whose running game steamrollered the Vikings and Packers to reach Super Bowl LIV, was asked if in doing so he had to “sit down” with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to “reassure” him that he still had faith in Jimmy’s ability to complete a forward pass if the need arises in Sunday’s game against the Chiefs.
Some might argue that $137.5 million over five years shows adequate confidence in a young man’s abilities.