There are not a ton of players in the National Football League who from an opposing defensive perspective have a better understanding of the Kyle Shanahan offense than does Pittsburgh Steelers CB Patrick Peterson.
He spent most of his career in the same division as Shanahan’s San Francisco 49ers, and even played them last year with the Minnesota Vikings. Particularly would a young and inexperienced player at quarterback, he knows that’s going to make Shanahan lean even more heavily into the basic tenets of his system. They just can’t take the bait.
“We know these guys try to show us a lot of eye candy, dressing up a lot of plays, [so we’re] trying to make sure that our communication is on point”, he told reporters yesterday, via the team’s website.