Kyle Shanahan made it clear just how much San Francisco 49ers fans are impacting games far from Levi’s Stadium. He said the team often doesn’t need “to use a silent cadence for road games because of all the 49ers fans in the building.” Shanahan called it “one of the coolest things about our franchise.”

He added that the advantage is obvious even before the team arrives. “All week we can watch on film, other people using silent cadence, and we won’t have to on 1st and 2nd down,” he said. According to Shanahan, “our fans show up” in a way he’s never experienced elsewhere.

The support is so overwhelming it follows his family, too. Shanahan said his wife notices it every week: “When they land the whole plane is doing a Niners chant.” He emphasized how rare the phenomenon is, saying, “I haven

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