Will Kyle Shanahan Win a Super Bowl Before DeMeco Ryans?

Both have quarterbacks who are still on rookie contracts, although C.J. Stroud is better than Brock Purdy and will be on a rookie contract for at least one more season than Purdy.

Kyle Shanahan is entering his eighth season as a head coach, and DeMeco Ryans is entering his second. Which head coach will win a Super Bowl first?

Both have teams that went to the playoffs last season, although the 49ers went to the Super Bowl and the Texans lost in the first round.

Both have quarterbacks who are still on rookie contracts, although C.J. Stroud is better than Brock Purdy and will be on a rookie contract for at least one more season than Purdy.

Both have excellent rosters, although the 49ers are getting old and will have 39 unrestricted free agents next season, while the Texans are young and keep adding star players such as Stefon Diggs, Joe Mixon, Danielle Hunter and Azeez Al-Shaair. Which means the 49ers' Super Bowl window with this particular roster could close after next season, while the Texans' Super Bowl window is just now opening.

So if either head coach ever will in a Super Bowl, it seems likely that Ryans will win one first. It might be tougher for him to actually get to the Super Bowl, because the Texans are in the AFC which is a much, much tougher conference than the NFC.

But if Ryans reaches the Super Bowl with the Texans, he might actually win it, as opposed to Shanahan who has come from ahead to lose two Super Bowls in the past four seasons as the 49ers head coach.

Who knows, maybe Shanahan and Ryans will face each other in the Super Bowl next season. Wouldn't that be something?