Any team that is picking in the top 10 of the draft for four straight years knows, its roster has some problems. When San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York hired Kyle Shanahan as his head coach, he knew there would be tough times before they got better.
After the acquisition of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in the middle of Shanahan’s first season sparked a five-game winning streak to close the season, expectations grew quickly. Perhaps too fast. The 49ers entered last season as an industry pick to return to their old glory. That didn’t happen.