Brockman argued that Kyle Shanahan deserves Coach of the Year after the 49ers' road win in Philadelphia, a take Rich Eisen partly called an overreaction since it's a regular-season award.

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• Coach Award PicksJan 12, 2026

  Kyle Shanahan to win Coach of the Year

  “Kyle Shanahan, he's been my punching bag for a long time, Rich, but he proved he should be coach of the year with that win in Philly on Sunday.”

  Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
  How this was scored

  award:

  coach_of_the_year

  coach:

  Kyle Shanahan

  naive:

  the naive pick was Kevin O'Connell, who won it the year before

  skill:

  0

  season:

  2025

  winner:

  Mike Vrabel

  correct:

  no

  accuracy:

  0

  baseline:

  0

  difficulty:

  1

  weeks in the season:

  18

  weeks left when called:

  0

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