Didn't see this coming.The San Francisco 49ers have fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, coach Kyle Shanahan announced Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Shanahan said he expected his coaching staff to stay largely intact but that conversations still had to take place in the coming weeks.
The 49ers hired Wilks before last season when DeMeco Ryans was hired by the Houston Texans as their head coach.
Shanahan told reporters that Wilks "just ended up being not the right fit."
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A bit surprising, but the defense took a step back from when Saleh and Ryans ran it. Also, he's the obvious fall guy for losing the SB to KC.Originally Posted by Joemailman
Shanahan and Co. got outcoached and outplayed in the 2nd half of the SB, and Shanny can't fire himself.
Is he a better DC than Barry? Probably. Someone will give him a shot.
A little weird to do, and bad timing since most of the best DC candidates are probably gone.
Might be a couple of teams who hired DCs over the last few weeks and are now wishing maybe they'd waited a minute or two. It's prettty unusual to see a coordinator fired from a Super Bowl team.
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