Kyle Shanahan calls kicking out of the end zone and giving up the 30 “a hell of an idea”

Several months ago, we predicted that, by the trade deadline, half of the league would be kicking off out of the end zone and giving up the 30 yard line. Some coaches have mentioned that potential strategy.Today, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he'd never even considered the possibility."It's a hell of an idea," Shanahan told reporters when asked whether he's thought of continuing last year's strategy of rarely if ever putting the ball in play. "I haven't thought of that. Yeah, we're all talking about that and it looks like it'll make a lot of sense once the season starts. But, this was our first week with us doing it. It was our first week really getting more teams, besides the Hall of Fame game and stuff, to evaluate it. When you can start there at the 30 and the average starting line's the 29, it doesn't seem like there's that much of a difference to really go with the risk of it. It also can be an advantage too. We'll see how good our 11 are that we put out there, how our returners are and stuff, whether people give you the opportunity for it. But it's kind of a wait-and-see approach."Some coaches, when the season starts, will want to wait and see what others do. They won't...