The 49ers ‘have aged’ Kyle Shanahan alarmingly and he looks like someone else: 20 years in eight?
Kyle Shanahan may not be anywhere near the NFL's hot seat, but that doesn't mean questions aren't swirling around his legacy. The San Francisco 49ers head coach, still just 45 years old, has taken his team to the doorstep of greatness multiple times, only to fall short-twice on the league's biggest stage, both times against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.Shanahan, the son of two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Shanahan, has carved out his own identity as one of football's most respected offensive minds. But for all his creativity and leadership, he's still missing the one achievement that defines coaching greatness: a Lombardi Trophy.The comparisons between father and son are inevitable. Mike Shanahan won back-to-back Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos during the late 1990s, riding the combination of veteran quarterback John Elway and MVP running back Terrell Davis. […]