San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated he would have to make some drastic changes to his offensive game plan after then-newly acquired running back Jerick McKinnon tore his ACL at the end of the 2018 preseason.
On a positive note, McKinnon’s season-ending injury opened up the door for second-year running back Matt Breida to be a household name. But while that was a good thing, one could draw a correlation between McKinnon’s absence and some of the many struggles Shanahan’s offense had over the course of the year.
Particularly in the passing game.