Insider Confirms Why Sean McVay Needed Matthew Stafford to Beat Kyle Shanahan’s Offense This insider confirms why Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford's marriage is the wrench for Kyle Shanahan's offense.

Is Matthew Stafford really the San Francisco 49ers’ antidote? While Kyle Shanahan’s team’s 8-4 record vs the quarterback might point toward the opposite, the action on the gridiron can only be ignored for so long. The biggest example? The Los Angeles Rams’ comeback 27-24 win at SoFi Stadium in Week 3 last season vs the 49ers .

Picture this: By the time Sean McVay realized what happened, the Rams had already stunned Shanahan’s offense. It wasn’t just the scoreline that had flipped, but the entire narrative. Stafford, even without Cooper Kupp or Puka Nacua (both out with injury at the time), had orchestrated a 45th career game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime—this time from a 14-point hole.

As 49ers general manager John Lynch rightly put it in December last year, “Press