San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan faced a wave of criticism and calls for him to be fired after the team went 6-11 this year and failed to make

The 49ers' Super Bowl window may have just closed for a while. They were one of the most dominant teams in the NFL from 2019 to 2023. But now they're old.

If you throw rocks at Kyle Shanahan and want him fired, he’s going to have a job in 30 seconds." The coach continued, "Reid, it was that he couldn’t win the big one, and now he’s on the verge of winning three in a row.

Even before San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan became the subject of some interesting trade rumors during this past regular season, some suggested his history of postseason heartbreaks showed he would never lead the franchise to the type of success the Kansas City Chiefs have enjoyed under Andy Reid.

The 49ers seem to have decided that Brock Purdy is their franchise quarterback. To Purdy's credit, he went to the Super Bowl in his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback, but so did Jimmy Garoppolo.