One of the more whispered storylines during the 2018 San Francisco 49ers season is the friendship between tight end George Kittle and quarterback C.J. Beathard. No one on the team knows Beathard better than Kittle, considering the two were teammates at Iowa.
Which, might make things all the more difficult when Kyle Shanahan started moving towards Nick Mullens having the starting role to close the year out rather than Beathard. Friendships and history can always make things difficult. When Colin Kaepernick became the starter over Alex Smith, Smith’s longtime teammate and friend Joe Staley was unhappy about the decision and voiced his displeasure to then-head coach Jim Harbaugh.