SANTA CLARA, Calif. — I spent two hours watching Jimmy Garoppolo, and Mike McGlinchey, and Rueben Foster, and Jerick McKinnon, and Solomon Thomas, and the rest of a promising young Niners team go through a brisk Sunday morning session.
Looking for good reasons why Kyle Shanahan’s crew is ready to handle outsized expectations, coming off the most promising 6-10 season I can remember? You’d have to wait until about 20 minutes after practice for that. By then, players’ families and fans were scattered about an open area adjacent to the fields. And a Garoppolo checkdown away, I could give you three good reasons …
• Veteran addition Richard Sherman, who sat out practice with a hamstring injury, was giving coaching pointers to running back Jeremy McNichols.