The 49ers’ season ended the way it started: with Kyle Shanahan getting cranky with a reporter who asked if quarterback injuries were his fault.
By the time Sunday’s NFC title game was over, the Niners had trotted out and lost Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo, Brock Purdy and Josh Johnson at quarterback. Shanahan was asked if the play-calling was to blame when Lance got hurt on a designed run in September 2022 and was asked again at Wednesday’s season-ending press conference.
“I think if you look at the injuries, common sense would answer that question,” he responded.