Looks like Jimmy Garoppolo isn’t the only high-profile ex-New England Patriot on the San Francisco 49ers anymore.
On Wednesday, the team made public its official hiring of Wes Welker as the 49ers’ new wide receivers coach. The 37-year-old Welker will now join the 39-year-old Kyle Shanahan’s coaching staff, and together, they represent a growing “youth” movement of sorts around the NFL coaching fraternity.
Welker will now face the uphill task of coaching up a relatively-modest group of wideouts, headlined by names like Pierre Garcon, Marquise Goodwin, Kendrick Bourne, and Dante Pettis. No 49ers wide receiver had more than 500 yards or five touchdowns in 2018, as tight end George Kittle led the team with 88 receptions for 1,377 yards and five scores.