The 49ers have set up expected coach Kyle Shanahan on a couple blind dates Saturday.
As expected, Shanahan will be involved when the 49ers brass revisit Atlanta later this week to also nail down their potential general manager. On Saturday's calendar, a league source confirmed, are follow-up interviews with George Paton and Terry McDonough, executives with the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals, respectively.
Neither Paton nor McDonough has previously been a general manager, nor have they worked with Shanahan, who's poised to become a first-time head coach after the Super Bowl, his would-be finale as the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator.
Paton is scheduled to meet Wednesday or Thursday with the Indianapolis Colts for their newly vacated GM role, The Sporting News reported.
The 49ers and Shanahan could meet as early as Friday night, and he will leave Sunday with the Falcons for Super Bowl preparations in Houston.
Another potential GM candidate, according to Fox Sports, is Mark Dominik, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers former general manager who was their pro scouting director when Shanahan got his NFL coaching start as an offensive assistant.
