Kyle Shanahan last season said he was looking forward to seeing how quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would handle adversity, eventually.
The 49ers’ second-year head coach was given his first chance following the Week 1 loss to the Minnesota Vikings over the weekend in which Garoppolo lost his first game as a starter while throwing three interceptions and completing a career-low 46 percent of his passes.
So far, after a conversation with Garoppolo on the flight home and a film session Monday afternoon, Shanahan is impressed by the way his signal caller is responding.
“You never know until you go through that with guys,” Shanahan said.