San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan had a lot to say about his new free agent cornerback, Richard Sherman, at the recent owner’s meeting. (That’s when reporters get a full hour sitting down with head coaches, and in a good year lots of interesting information comes out. Watch the full Shanahan interview here.)
Shanahan and defensive coordinator Robert Saleh are installing their own version of Seattle’s Cover 3 defensive scheme in San Francisco. Before Saleh was hired as the Jacksvonille Jaguars linebackers coach, he was Seattle’s defensive quality control coach — usually the guy who watches miles of videotape and edits together cut-ups for the other coaches — for three years, including their championship season in 2013.