When the San Francisco 49ers hired Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as their head coach in January, it was a shot aimed straight at the heart of the Seattle Seahawks defense. Shanahan was the Hot Coaching Commodity entering Super Bowl LI, sure, but John Edward “Jedediah” York nabbed the 37 year old away from former Seahawks assistant Dan Quinn’s staff knowing the Falcons had just beaten Seattle (something the 49ers have not managed since 2013) and Shanahan’s offensive schemes carved up its defense for 780 yards in two meetings in 2016, including about 630 combined passing yards.
The 49ers got Kyle Shanahan, but they still don’t have the Falcons’ receiving weapons
