Golden Nuggets: Kudos to the coaches

A collection of San Francisco 49ers related links for Thursday, December 12th, 2019

By Ikaros@IkarosKapueo Dec 12, 2019, 2:00am PST

Despite losing multiple players to injury throughout the season, the 49ers remain on top of the NFC rankings. The players have gotten plenty of credit for stepping up in place of those that were injured, but the coaching staff’s ability to develop and get the players ready seems to get overlooked. Ahkello Witherspoon had an up and down season last year, then Joe Woods was hired this offseason and Witherspoon looked fantastic before he got injured (and after returning). In his place, Emmanuel Moseley (an undrafted player from 2018) didn’t miss a beat. Most teams would fall apart if one of their offensive tackles went down, let alone two, but the offense kept chugging along thanks to John Benton’s ability to coach up rookie 6th round pick Justin Skule and former Atlanta Falcons UDFA Daniel Brunskill. Here’s a clip of him getting Ben Garland ready to step in for the newly injured Weston Richburg:

Watch 49ers OL coach John Benton and the team’s other linemen iron out pre-snap nuances with new starting center Ben Garland. This is a massive replacement job that the 49ers must nail. As you can see, center is a communication cog of Shanahan’s offense pic.twitter.com/CfAiLJMJGO
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) December 11, 2019

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan have done a great job finding talent, but the ability to develop these players has been the key to the 49ers success this season. Guys like Kris Kocurek, DeMeco Ryans, and the ones listed above deserve more credit. So cheers to the unsung heroes of the season: our coaching staff.

Now on to those links...

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