San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is now labeled a postseason underachiever. And so is head coach Kyle Shanahan, who watched his Niners squander a 20-10 lead to the Kansas City Chiefs en route to an eventual 31-20 loss in Super Bowl LIV.
For better or worse, that’ll be the narrative for both men this offseason. It might not be warranted or justified, but that’s the nature of the discussion.
By all accounts, the relationship between quarterback and head coach looked to be a good one.
“For him to be like that and not let the pressure get to him and improve as the year went says a ton about Jimmy,” Shanahan said Thursday, via NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco.