He is injury prone. He has had exactly one full healthy year with the 49ers.
Are we sure about that? Or is Shanahan repeatedly putting players in positions to get hurt? You've lost your QB1 in 4/6 seasons for all or much of the year. You've also managed to injure your QB2, 3, and 4. At what point do we stop with the Morty, "Ahhh geez, Rick!" style, "bad luck" excuses and start noticing a trend here..
Reddick couldn't even be blocked by OLinemen all season and was a top 2 or 3 pass rusher this year. Better block him with a practice squad TE on play action! Especially after Reddick had already almost nailed Purdy 2 plays before, with McGlichey blocking him. Then Shanahan has the gall after the game to basically say it was Purdy's fault for not "stepping up" in the pocket. The guy is an egomaniac that gets stroked off by the media and has bought into his hype as a football "genius", despite winning jack and shit. He basically scripts an entire half of football and runs those plays, regardless of what the game is dictating. He's completely unadaptable and blames players when his "genius" isn't executed.
On top of all that, you go and get a backup QB after Jimmy gets hurt who has been on 14 or 15 fucking teams, has more career INTs than TDs, when a player like Cam Newton is out there. Sure, Cam isn't good, but worse than Josh fucking Johnson? Hell, even Glennon and Bortles were available.
Shanahan will never win a Super Bowl. At least not as a HC/OC. I'd say it
might be possible with a QB like Brady or Rodgers coming in, but I don't think Shanahan would allow either of those guys there, because he knows they'll give him pushback on the playbook. I think that's a large part of the reason Brady didn't go there in 2020. Shanahan and Lynch have said that they thought Brady was "done" after 2019, but I think that's complete bullshit and Shanahan just doesn't want to be challenged. He's all the worst parts of Harbaugh, just without the absolute insane meltdowns with referees. Harbaugh went to 3 NFC Championships and 1 SB in 3 seasons. How'd that work out? Shanahan has done the same but it took him 6. Somehow he's a "genius"? K.
