49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is one of the brightest offensive minds in the NFL.
If you don't believe me, just ask Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper.
The Stanford product was drafted by Atlanta in 2016 where Shanahan was his offensive coordinator.
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Hooper was amazed by Shanahan's ability to dissect every part of opposing defenses and predict exactly what the Falcons would be able to do based on the adjustments made by the opponent.
To Hooper, he was like Nostradamus.
"The amount of football knowledge Kyle had, and the ability to put specific people in great positions of success, and specifically game planning off like one or two defenders," Hooper told Bleacher Report's Adam Lefkoe. "Like, I remember game plans where he'd be like, 'This three-technique, we're going to make his life a living hell.'
"He was like Nostradamus. If he called it, it actually happened. It was crazy. I just thought that's what an NFL offensive coordinator was. I just didn't know any better. Like, we'd be in Wednesday film and he'd be like, 'Yeah, we're going to run this here as soon as they go eight box and then we're going to score.' And I was like, oh OK, it's probably coach talk or whatever and then it would actually happen, and I'm like, 'This guy is Nostradamus. This guy is a fortune-teller.' And it would happen every time."
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The Falcons had one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL during Hooper's lone season under Shanahan's direction. Shanahan took the head coaching job with the 49ers following the Falcons' loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI
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In his first two seasons as head coach of the 49ers, Shanahan has lacked the appropriate weapons to orchestrate a prolific offense.
But with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo expected to be healthy this season, Shanahan might be able to return to his supernatural play-calling ways.