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A top\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0insider proposed that the San Francisco 49ers trade away head coach\u00a0Kyle Shanahan<\/a>\u00a0to an NFC rival.<\/p>\n Last season, the 49ers handed Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch contract extensions through the 2027 campaign. But with the defending NFC champions likely to miss out on the postseason, some wonder if the 49ers will part ways with the 44-year-old head coach.<\/p>\n The 49ers are 69-58-0 under Shanahan, with four NFC Championship Game appearances and two Super Bowl berths. But the 49ers are about to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2020, and Shanahan still carries that whole \u201ccan\u2019t win the big one\u201d label.<\/p>\n Speaking on \u201cThe Rich Eisen Show\u201d, NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk suggested that the 49ers\u00a0trade\u00a0<\/a>Kyle Shanahan to the\u00a0Chicago Bears<\/a>, who relieved Matt Eberflus of his duties last week:<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like Shanahan and the 49ers are getting close to the point where they would benefit mutually from a fresh start\u2026If you can get Shanahan and join him at the hip with Caleb Williams, are you kidding me?\u2026<\/p>\n This year just feels like it\u2019s coming to an end from a standpoint of the nucleus of players that they have there. And you never know what\u2019s happening behind the scenes. I mention the 49ers because it\u2019s been 10 years or so since they had Jim Harbaugh going into what was the fourth year of his tenure there. The first three years had been very successful \u2026 We reported at the time that the 49ers were close to trading Harbaugh to the Cleveland Browns.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n