49ers' Owner Jed York Advocates For Kyle Shanahan To Win NFL Award

"I think Kyle deserves to win Coach of the Year," said York to Kay Adams on The Up and Adams Show. "I think that's a no-brainer. We had so many things come up that we were able to overcome, and I think a testament to Kyle."

No other team in the NFL had more money tied up on the Injured Reserve list than the 49ers. It's indicative of the amount of star power they had missing.

As much as scheme matters, winning football games is about the Jimmys and the Joes. Without the talent, it's insanely difficult to win games, let alone 12 and a playoff game.

Yet, Shanahan did that with the 49ers depleted.

"This reminds me of the old school 49ers where it really was the next man up philosophy," York said. "If you lost somebody, the next man had to step up and that's something Bill Walsh really instilled into the organization, into the locker room. I don't know if you see that as much today as you did in the 80's and 90's, but I'm proud of our guys for stepping up. We'll keep fighting. I have every expectation that we'll be back."

Unfortunately, it doesn't matter if York is advocating. It's great to see him stick up for Shanahan and give him his vote of confidence. It's another point to refer to Shanahan's job being safe.

But the reality is, the NFL Honors voters will most likely give it to either Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel, or Mike MacDonald. All of three of these coaches did incredible jobs this year.

However, in comparison to Shanahan with what he had to work with, it's a no-brainer that he should win it. None of those coaches would've done better with how little Shanahan had to work with.

Shanahan is the most deserving for the Coach of the Year award, but it's not going to happen. Prepare for him to get snubbed as he did in 2019.

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