MJ Acosta of NFL Network sat down Friday morning with the San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. The topic of discussion was QB Jimmy Garoppolo. Let’s watch the interview first:
Now let’s dissect it.
“Jimmy needs to play”
I thought it was telling how honest Shanahan was throughout this interview. He was very complimentary of Garroppolo’s play, but acknowledged that there would be growing pains. It sounded like the plan was to go through those rough patches year one together—to figure out everything he can and can’t do—then devise a plan in year two to mold the perfect offense around him.