Who else would, coming off a third consecutive brutal playoff loss last winter, check in with Bill Belichick to see if he wanted to join the 49ers' staff maybe as defensive coordinator? What other NFL figure would've had the gumption, with Brock Purdy pretty much locked in as the long-term starting quarterback, to ring up Tom Brady and offer him a one-year run at QB1? Only Shanahan would've done that.
I threw it out to him, Shanahan told me as we sat in his office for my podcast Tuesday. He loves football so much that you never know what he would want. I can't believe that he's not a head coach of a team right now. I know what I would do if I was an owner.
You offered him the defensive-coordinator job, Kyle? Yeah, I was like, 'Would you be interested?' Shanahan said. He was very nice and appreciative, but he politely turned me down. I think he's helping out his son (Steve, the new DC at the University of Washington) a little bit.
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