Kyle Shanahan was asked Tuesday about 49ers DC Steve Wilks returning and his answer never directly commits to Wilks.
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00:00 >> Effect on the game, of course it does.
00:02 >> Steve Willis, have you guys spoken well to his stage in his career and
00:06 where you want the team to go?
00:08 Is there any reason to think he won't be back next season?
00:12 >> No, that's stuffed out.
00:13 I mean, we'll talk about a ton as this week goes.
00:15 We'll talk about a ton in the offseason.
00:16 I mean, where we want our team to be, our defense, our offense, special teams.
00:20 And that's a lot of conversations, a lot of film, a lot of personnel and
00:26 salary cap, things we gotta discuss, drafts.
00:29 So no, we're just haven't even watched the game yet, to tell you the truth.
00:33 >> John, a few of the players that we talked to expressed that of all the deep
00:36 postseason runs, not ending the way you wanted them to, this one hurts them the
00:40 most, would you say you guys feel the same way?
00:41 And if so, can you kind of pinpoint why that is?
00:44 >> Cuz we lost the Super Bowl in overtime.
00:45 That's the one that would be tied with it is losing another Super Bowl.
00:50 Behind that, you'd put in and see championships.
00:52 But I mean, everyone's goal is to win the Super Bowl.
00:55 And it's great when you win playoff games.
00:57 It's great when you win a championship and you get there.
00:59 But getting in the Super Bowl, going through that with your teammates and
01:03 your families, and just the whole process of it.
01:05 And it's always, I don't know how many people know about it, but
01:08 it's not fun to go and lose.
01:11 >> I think the other part of that, it's fresh.
01:13 And we went to great lengths at 19.
01:17 We had this opportunity and fell short.
01:21 And you respond to that in such a way, okay,
01:24 how do we make our team such that when we get here again, this is ours?
01:29 And so you put all those things in.
01:31 And that's primarily, is it the talent of our guys?
01:36 Absolutely, but it's the spirit.
01:38 And we had a bunch of high character guys that were made for this moment.
01:41 And so to come up short, that's difficult.
01:45 And I think you gotta hats off to the Chiefs, to Andy, to the organization.
01:50 And they got a pretty special guy at quarterback.
01:54 And he's tough to beat.
01:55 And we've gotta live with that for a lifetime.
01:58 But I think knowing how good this team was, our team, and to have those chances and
02:04 not to come up, that makes it very difficult.