Head coaches Kyle Shanahan (left) and Jon Gruden (right).
Head coaches Kyle Shanahan (left) and Jon Gruden (right).
Photo: Photos By Norm Hall / Getty Images And Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleThe NFL has yet to announce which team will be featured on HBO's hit show, "Hard Knocks," this summer, and either Bay Area teams could be forced to be on the show if no other team volunteers.
There are three ways for a team to be exempt from the show: a team can have a first-year head coach, have made the playoffs once in the past two years, or have been featured on the show sometime in the past decade.