It is breaking no news to assert that this NFL season has been a certified dud in the Bay Area.
Know how it could have been a little more entertaining? If Joe Ellis had disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness shortly after Christmas last year, and not re-emerged until Labor Day.
Who’s Joe Ellis? The guy who told John Elway that he couldn’t re-hire Mike Shanahan as head coach of the Denver Broncos.
That was the plan last winter, per Woody Paige of the The Colorado Springs Gazette.
“According to five independent and reputable sources, Elway and Shanahan seriously discussed a deal last December,” Paige wrote.