Sports Night: Kelly, Baalke coexistence critical to 49ers
On 49ers: Can Baalke, Kelly maintain harmony on both sides of the ball?
The 49ers envision the Chip Kelly-Trent Baalke dynamic being a symbiotic one. Baalke’s task will be filling the defense with so much depth that it will be able to endure the warp-speed pace of Kelly’s offense, something his Philadelphia defenses did not do well.
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This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 10:16 PM with the headline "Sports Night: Kelly, Baalke coexistence critical to 49ers."