SANTA CLARA — Why didn’t the chicken cross the road?
Because 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t think he could get to the other side.
It was third-and-1 at the 49ers’ 39-yard line Sunday in Miami on their first possession. Yet Shanahan, as committed to the run as any professional coach I’ve covered in the last quarter-century, didn’t think he could get a single yard. In a game with no playoff ramifications.
Patrick Taylor Jr. came up short of the first down and the 49ers punted.