Ricky Pearsall Jr., the 49ers first-round draft pick, was shot through the chest on Aug. 31 in a robbery attempt. Miraculously, that story didn’t have a devastating ending as Pearsall survived and actually got back on the field.

While a sense of gratitude is well and nice we also have some thoughts on teams that are failing in epic ways and have to hold them accountable for doing so. Basically, we have a lot of opinions about a lot of things and need to get them out somewhere.

NBC’s Mike Florio floated the possibility Tuesday of the Bears trying to trade for 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to replace recently fired coach Matt Eberflus.