Kyle Shanahan had a rough start to his first season as an NFL head coach.

He and his 49ers lost the season opener 23-3 to Carolina, then lost eight more consecutive games. Shanahan installed a new offensive scheme, but didn’t have a quarterback to run it, with Brian Hoyer and then rookie C.J. Beathard coming up short. Except for one outlier – a 41-39 shootout loss to the Rams – the 49ers offense was weak, scoring 10 or fewer points