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Kyle Shanahan — offensive genius — is out for blood

SANTA CLARA — You’ve heard about it all season. Hell, you’ve heard about it for a few seasons now.

So what makes 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan an “offensive genius”?

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Well, to start, it helps to know that even his own players hate going up against him in practice.

“He’ll throw so much BS at you,” Richard Sherman says of the 49ers defense’s training camp showdowns against Shanahan and the Niners’ offense. “And they’re not game-planning for anything.”

“Some of these plays… man, he knew there was no way we could stop this play if we run our scheme the correct way.