Amid a pretty ugly and sloppy Week 1 kickoff between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night, I had the chance to drop in and chat a little San Francisco 49ers football with KNBR 680’s Ryan Covay, host of KNBR Tonight, and we broke down a bunch of the storylines leading up to the Niners’ regular-season debut against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday.
It’s going to be a tough challenge, of course, for head coach Kyle Shanahan and Co. After all, the Vikings boasted the league’s top defense in 2017 and only added talent since then, namely defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson and safety George Iloka.