Week 8 of the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/nfl-schedule-2021-22-find-here-the-complete-fixture-for-the-2021-22-season-20210908-0006.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 NFL regular season</a> will bring us a game betweenteams who are urged towin when the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/chicago-bears-t100339" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Bears</a> host the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/san-francisco-49ers-t98046" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco 49ers</a> at Soldier Field. And it might be quite special for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/justin-fields-profile-age-parents-and-contract-20210924-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Fields</a> as well.
The Ohio State product has been heavily linked with the 49ers before the 2021 NFL Draft and it seemed like he was frontrunner to be selected by them with the third-overall pick. However, it was <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/trey-lance-on-competing-with-jimmy-garoppolo-san-francisco-49ers-20210430-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trey Lance</a> who moved to San Francisco.
In a shocking turn of events, the Bears got the opportunity of selecting Fields withthe 11th-overall pick. Ahead of Sunday’s meeting, he has drawn praise from who could have been his coach his year, Kyle Shanahan.
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<h2>49ers coach Kyle Shanahan heaps praise on Justin Fields ahead of game vs. Bears</h2>
Justin Fields won’t only try to get the win on Sunday to improve his team to 4-4 this season but also to prove the 49ers wrong in passingon him earlier this year. Shanahan, however, is aware of his talent and has only had words of praise for the Bears’ rookie.
“I can’t sit here and talk too much about another quarterback in that way, but I really liked Justin,” Shanahan told reporters on Wednesday. “I thought that he was extremely tough, very talented. Getting to know him through it, I thought he was a great guy.
 
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“He’s getting thrown in there and playing and he’s having some up and down moments, which is expected. But you have to always be ready for him. If he breaks away, he’s got the size, and he’s got the speed to outrun almost anybody, he throws a great deep ball, has got a big arm, can make every throw and he’s getting better each week.”
The fact thatthe 49ers ended up <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/nfl-draft-2021-funniest-memes-and-reactions-20210430-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drafting</a> Lance doesn’t mean Fields hasn’t made an impression on them. The organization simply had other plans and this year’s draft class didn’t make it easy to choose between one QB and another.
However, Lance <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/nfl-2021-all-starting-quarterbacks-for-week-8-ranked-20211027-0026.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won’t start on Sunday</a> as he’s still healing from a knee sprain.<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/nfl-quarterback-salaries-2021-who-are-the-highest-paid-qbs-in-the-league-20210826-0009.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Garoppolo</a> will be taking the offensive reins of the San Francisco (2-4), who’ll see this weekend if they don’t regret passing on Fields.
 
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Kyle Shanahan shares candid take on Justin Fields, who the 49ers passed up for Trey Lance

Kyle Shanahan shares candid take on Justin Fields, who the 49ers passed up for Trey Lance - Bolavip US

Even though fans are passionate and sometimes irrational about it, the sports business is… a business. The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl-t20281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> isn’t the exception to that rule, as the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/most-valuable-nfl-teams-in-2021-how-much-are-the-franchises-worth-20210809-0012.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">franchises</a> often <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/tom-brady-trainer-takes-a-huge-shot-at-bill-belichick-20210924-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treat the players as assets</a> rather than actual persons.
That’s why GMs and coaches are always willing to go the extra mile and do whatever it takes to get the best player on their teams. More often than not, that means getting dirty and competing with your friends.
Apparently, that was the case with Matt LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan. Despite being lifelong friends, the fact that the 49ers pursued <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/aaron-rodgers-t119902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> during the offseason led to some strong tensions between the two.
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<h2>NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers’ Potential Trade To 49ers Led To Beef Between Kyle Shanahan And Matt LaFleur</h2>
(Transcript via Sports Illustrated’sMichael Silver)
“On Wednesday, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he holds no ill will toward 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, his longtime colleague &amp; friend, in the wake of the Niners’ offseason pursuit of Aaron Rodgers. Shanahan also downplayed any tension. The two teams play Sunday night…
But the Rodgers situation caused a lot of drama between LaFleur, Shanahan and their mutual friends and coaching colleagues last spring, and one story in particular–which took place on the first night of the draft–underscores that strain…
Minutes before the start of the 2021 draft, 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel was having a FaceTime conversation in his office with two former SF assistants: Jets HC Robert Saleh &amp; Jets OC Mike LaFleur (Matt’s younger brother), who were together in Florham Park, NJ…
McDaniel’s office door was open, and some other Niners coaches walked into the room. Playful banter was exchanged by both sides. Then Shanahan entered McDaniel’s office and joined the conversation…
A couple of hours earlier, the NFL world had been rocked by reports of Aaron Rodgers’ desire to leave Green Bay–and a report that the 49ers had called the Packers (Shanahan, to LaFleur) to inquire about a trade. Now the Niners were getting ready to pick a QB third overall…
The Jets, with the No. 2 pick, were expected to take BYU QB Zach Wilson. Shanahan joked to Saleh and (Mike) LaFleur: “I hope you guys don’t take a different QB and cross us up. We haven’t looked hard enough at Wilson.”…
“What do you mean? You’ve already got your quarterback,” Mike LaFleur replied to Shanahan. “Aaron Rodgers.” Shanahan tried to brush it off as a joke, saying, “Hey, tell your brother to call me back. He hasn’t returned my calls.” LaFleur’s response: “Can you blame him?”…
At that point, according to several people familiar with the call, Shanahan got visibly upset and hastily left the room. In his eyes, he had merely done due diligence on behalf of his franchise. But it was clear to all that Matt LaFleur viewed it differently…
The fact that Rodgers and Niners GM John Lynch share an agent, David Dunn, contributed to the perception that there had been a coordinated effort to get Rodgers from the Packers to the Niners. And to Mike LaFleur, blood is clearly thicker than water…
As Sunday night’s game approaches, it’s heartening that Matt LaFleur and Shanahan are publicly downplaying any tension. They’re both accomplished coaches and have a lot of history, &amp; the NFL is a stressful business. And Rodgers, for now, remains property of the Packers.”

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Well, that’s just the way things go sometimes in this business. You know what they say: All is fair in love and war. Clearly, there will be some extra motivation when the Packers visit the 49ers for Week 3.

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Aaron Rodgers' offseason drama caused beef between Matt LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan

Aaron Rodgers' offseason drama caused beef between Matt LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan - Bolavip US

The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/san-francisco-49ers-t98046" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco 49ers</a> made a somewhat bold move when they took <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/trey-lance-on-competing-with-jimmy-garoppolo-san-francisco-49ers-20210430-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trey Lance</a><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/trey-lance-on-competing-with-jimmy-garoppolo-san-francisco-49ers-20210430-0010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>in the first round of the 2021 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl-t20281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> Draft. Not because he wasn’t good or promising but because he looked like a long-term project.
The 49ers have been a legit Super Bowl contender for some years now and the only two things that have held them back have been injuries and quarterback play, so most people expected them to move the pick and/or Jimmy Garoppolo to get immediate help.
And, while some people have speculated that Garoppolo could lose his starting job to Lance at some point next season, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/top-15-nfl-coaches-with-most-wins-20200807-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coach</a> Kyle Shanahan was quick to shut that narrative down and support his starter – for now.
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<h2>Kyle Shanahan Still Trusts Jimmy Garoppolo, Doesn’t Think Lance Is Ready</h2>
“What I told Jimmy right when we made the trade is, ‘I don’t know any rookie who can come and beat you out if you’re playing at his best self.’ I didn’t necessarily think he was there last year at training camp. Then he had the injuries and stuff. But right now I see him playing well out here. If he can continue to go that way, that’s great for Trey. That’s great for our team. Then Trey can wait till he’s at his best self, which doesn’t happen overnight,” Shanahan said in Football Morning in America.
“We’re on the practice field now and you’re a first-round pick so everyone’s looking at you. Your new team wants to see your talent level, which he has, but they also want to see how he carries himself. I think that’s what they’ve been impressed with. He doesn’t know everything yet. He’s still trying. This was his eighth practice since he’s been here, including OTAs,” Shanahan added.

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<h2>Fred Warner Praises Lance</h2>
Even so, multiple reports claim that Lance has been more than impressive during training camp. In fact, superstar linebacker Fred Warner gave him his flowers after an impressive stretch in practice:
“You see the raw talent, and you see the ball fly out of his hand. Impressive,” Warner said. “Games will be different. But 11 on 11 out here is still football, and we’re seeing a young guy work and be humble and make throws like that. That’s what he needs to do.”
The 49ers have a nice problem right now. It’s always good to have a young, up-and-coming player to put pressure on an underperforming veteran. Who knows? Maybe Lance will be ready sooner than expected.

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