There’s no way around it: San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dante Pettis had a year to forget in 2020.
Entering the season, it wasn’t hard to envision Pettis being a lock for a key role in head coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense. Then during training camp, Shanahan called out his second-year pro amid what was turning into an underachieving offseason campaign. Speaking with some insiders at camp, Niner Noise learned Pettis’ efforts were “bad,” as the reports went.
Whatever was going on translated over into the regular season, too. Pettis went from a contender for a starting job to an afterthought by the year’s end, even being inactive for Super Bowl LIV.