Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A tweet from Bonta got the hosts fired up — is this year's Niners wide receiver core actually the best Kyle Shanahan has had in his ten years in San Francisco? With Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, and rookie De'Zhaun Stribling now in the fold, the debate was inevitable, and the hosts don't hold back. They walk through every wide receiver trio of the Shanahan era, year by year, before landing on the real showdown: this year's group versus the 2023 Super Bowl trio of Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, and Jauan Jennings. Along the way, one stat stops the conversation cold — last season the Niners completed passes to their wide receivers at one of the lowest rates in the entire NFL, and the hosts dig into whether that was by design or just bad injury luck.
Topics discussed include:
Bonta's viral tweet claiming this could be Shanahan's best-ever WR core
Ranking every Shanahan-era wide receiver trio since 2017
Whether Mike Evans is already the best WR to ever play for Shanahan
Deebo Samuel's rocky final year in SF and his path back
The shocking stat on how little the Niners throw to wide receivers
2023's Super Bowl trio vs. this year's Evans-Deebo-Stribling group
Why health, not talent, may decide who's right
Do you agree with this take? Let us know in the comments.
0:00 – Bonta's Bold WR Core Claim
2:03 – Ranking Every Shanahan-Era WR Trio
4:45 – Is Deebo Primed for a Bounce-Back?
7:34 – The Shocking Stat: Niners Barely Throw to WRs
12:10 – 2023 Squad vs. This Year: Final Verdict
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A tweet from Bonta got the hosts fired up — is this year's Niners wide receiver core actually the best Kyle Shanahan has had in his ten years in San Francisco? With Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, and rookie De'Zhaun Stribling now in the fold, the debate was inevitable, and the hosts don't hold back. They walk through every wide receiver trio of the Shanahan era, year by year, before landing on the real showdown: this year's group versus the 2023 Super Bowl trio of Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, and Jauan Jennings. Along the way, one stat stops the conversation cold — last season the Niners completed passes to their wide receivers at one of the lowest rates in the entire NFL, and the hosts dig into whether that was by design or just bad injury luck.
Topics discussed include:
Bonta's viral tweet claiming this could be Shanahan's best-ever WR core
Ranking every Shanahan-era wide receiver trio since 2017
Whether Mike Evans is already the best WR to ever play for Shanahan
Deebo Samuel's rocky final year in SF and his path back
The shocking stat on how little the Niners throw to wide receivers
2023's Super Bowl trio vs. this year's Evans-Deebo-Stribling group
Why health, not talent, may decide who's right
Do you agree with this take? Let us know in the comments.
0:00 – Bonta's Bold WR Core Claim
2:03 – Ranking Every Shanahan-Era WR Trio
4:45 – Is Deebo Primed for a Bounce-Back?
7:34 – The Shocking Stat: Niners Barely Throw to WRs
12:10 – 2023 Squad vs. This Year: Final Verdict
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