With the focus on winning a Saturday Night Football showdown against the Rams, head coach Kyle Shanahan woke up at 3 AM to a call from 49ers’ backup quarterback C.J. Beathard.
The news from Beathard pushed the thought of the upcoming game to the back of Shanahan’s mind. Clayton Beathard, brother of 49ers’ backup quarterback, was brutally stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday morning in Nashville, TN.
Shanahan opened post-game with a message for Beathard’s family, pausing before taking questions from the media.