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SAN FRANCISCO
49ERS
COACH
Kyle Shanahan (5th season with team, 31-36)
LAST SEASON
6-10 (4th in NFC West; no playoffs)
Record since 2011: 80-79-1 (5-3 in playoffs)
2020 TEAM STATISTICAL LEAGUE RANKINGS
2020 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING OFFENSE
21st of 32 (23.5 ppg)
RUSHING
Jeff Wilson Jr.: 126 carries, 600 yards, 7 TDs, 50.0 ypg
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SCORING DEFENSE
17th of 32 (24.4 ppg)
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RUSHING OFFENSE
15th of 32 (118.1 ypg)
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PASSING OFFENSE
12th of 32 (252.1 ypg)
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PASSING
Nick Mullens: 211-326, 2,437 yards, 12 TDs, 12 ints, 244.5 ypg
SCORING
Robbie Gould, PK: 93 points (19 FGs, 36 PAT, 6.2 ppg)
Stats from pro-football-reference.com
A legend weighs in
Drew Brees dissects 49ers’ quarterback dynamic
between Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance
By Cam Inman
Mercury News
D
49ers quarterback Trey Lance drops back against the Chiefs during a preseason game Aug. 14
in Santa Clara, Calif. TONY AVELAR/AP
rew Brees spoke with Jimmy Garoppolofor15minutesafter49erspractice
Friday before it was another quarterback’sturn:rookieTreyLance.
“Agooddudetolearnfrom,”Lancesaidwith
a smile after his one-on-one with Brees on the
LosAngelesChargers’practicefield.
Breesretiredlastseasonfromarecord-setting
career with the New Orleans Saints, where he
wentafterhisthen-SanDiegoChargers’tenure
wasshortedbythearrivalofPhilipRivers,afirstrounddraftpickwhocameinatradefortoppick
EliManning.
Brees, obviously, can relate to what Garoppoloisfacing—andwhatLancecanaccomplish.
Said Brees: “It’s funny, because go back to
2004,whenIwaswiththeChargersgoinginto
my fourth year, we struggled in ‘03 and I was
basically told, ‘Hey, we’re going to draft somebody,we’regoingtobringsomebodyintotryto
takeyourjob.’TheydraftedEli,thenthatwhole
debacleledtoPhilip.
“What I chuckle about is everybody tries to
make that an adversarial dynamic, when really
it’snot.Because,forPhilipandI,webothrecognizedthesituation.Wealsorecognizedthatthe
competition was going to bring out the best in
us.”
That, indeed, appears how Garoppolo and
Lanceareapproachingtheircoexistence.They
get along from all accounts, complement each
other and, essentially, have spent all camp
mixinginflashyplayswithothersthataren’tso
great.
Lance, in Friday’s joint practice with the
Chargers,tookhismostextensivefirst-teamreps
sincebeingdraftedNo.3overall.Itwasaneightsnapcameobehindthefirst-stringoffensiveline,
althoughlefttackleTrentWilliamswasoutwith
akneeissue.Lancecompleted3-of-3passes,ran
twice,gotsackedonceandhandedofftwice.
Once the practice ended abruptly after 90
minutes, with Lance completing a touchdown
passtoJaMycalHasty,Garoppolosoonmingled
withBrees,andtightendGeorgeKittlejoinedon
theconversation.
Once they were done, Lance met up with
Brees, who’ll be at Sunday’s preseason game as
apracticeruncallinggamesforNBCSports;his
new gig entails covering Notre Dame football
andbeinganin-studioanalystonSundayNight
Football.
As for that 2004 dynamic as the veteran vs.
therookie,Breesadded:“Wehadourtofocuson
ourowndevelopmenttobethebestplayerswe
could be. We also knew every rep counted and
wehadtomaximizeeveryopportunity,because
wewerefightingforthesameposition.
“Butit’snotunlikeanyotherbattlethatexists
at every other position on the field. It’s just the
most high profile. It doesn’t mean you can’t
support each other or that you’re not there
to get the best out of each other.”
2021 SCHEDULE WEEK 6 BYE
WEEK 1
Sept. 12
WEEK 2
Sept. 19
@DET
1 p.m.
FOX
@PHI
1 p.m.
FOX
WEEK 3
Sept. 26
WEEK 4
Oct. 3
WEEK 5
Oct. 10
WEEK 7
Oct. 24
GB
SEA
@ARI
IND
8:20 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
NBC
FOX
FOX
NBC
WEEK 8
Oct. 31
WEEK 9
Nov. 7
WEEK 10
Nov. 15
WEEK 11
Nov. 21
WEEK 12
Nov. 28
WEEK 13
Dec. 5
@CHI
1 p.m.
FOX
ARI
4:25 p.m.
FOX
LAR
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
@JAX
1 p.m.
FOX
MIN
@SEA
4:25 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
FOX
NBC
WEEK 14
Dec. 12
@CIN
1 p.m.
CBS
WEEK 15
Dec. 19
WEEK 16
Dec. 23
WEEK 17
Jan. 2
WEEK 18
Jan. 9
ATL
@TEN
HOU
@LAR
4:25 p.m. 8:20 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
CBS
NFL
CBS
FOX
Note: This section was printed before final roster cuts, so personnel are subject to change; all times are Eastern and subject to change