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With how much the Chiefs struggled last night, it furthers my belief that the Chiefs are not better than Buffalo. What did they have headed into the 4th? 3 points?

Narratives. They swing by a loose thread.

No. You go for the 2 point conversion in that case. This is basic analytics folks. You kick-off, get the extra down on your possession, then go for 2 to win the game. Which is exactly what KC would have done even if San Fran scored a TD on their first possesion. I bet no coach ever takes the ball first in that situation ever again (playoff OT rules).

It doesn’t make sense. There was not going to be a third time. Even if SF scored a TD, KC was just going to score a TD and then go for a 2 point conversion (which is the right move). No one was getting a third possesion.

I oscillate with McD. I think he is a good person and man, and has built a strong culture. I also think we can do a lot worse than him. But there is no question in my mind that he has limited us in certain games. In fact, Shanahan made some head scratching decisions last night that remind me of the type of decisions that McDermott tends to make that has cost us games. Blunders like: - Wanting the ball first in OT, which gives you little strategic advantage. You always want to know what you need and by getting the ball second, you know what you need. Some will argue that the potential third possession is why you take the ball first, but that puts you into a corner where you lose an entire down (4th) on your drive. Even if the 49ers scored a TD, KC would have just scored a TD and went for the 2 point conversion to win it. No third possession was coming - Not adjusting to the Chiefs pressure on 3rd downs. The Chiefs were bringing pressure on nearly every third down and the 49ers still looked shocked by it in the 4th quarter and OT. - Abandoning Christian McCaffrey for a quarter and a half. These are the types of mistakes McD tends to make and it doesn’t seem to ever be changing.

I don’t know how anyone can watch that game last night and come away thinking Mahomes is why they won. Both TD’s were wide open throws. I actually thought Mahomes looked fairly pedestrian. Its too bad the 49er defensive player couldn’t hold on to the INT Mahomes threw to him that may have sealed the game in regulation.

Considering our offense was better than KC’s in nearly every category, including yards AND points… I think we would have been fine.

It’s actually not. He was a boundary corner last year and only switched to part time slot this year. He plays half the time as a boundary player. This year was the first of his career (college and pro) that he played slot at all.

I don’t know where people get the idea that McDuffie is just a slot CB. He played outside corner in college when he was drafted, then the Chiefs play him as a boundary CB half the time too. They flip/flop him all the time from outside corner to slot and even sometimes to safety.

Did you watch that garbage Chiefs offense last night? Our roster is just as good and the Chiefs can thank their 2023 Lombardi Trophy to the Bills being decimated by injuries or they wouldn’t have even been there. This ^. Sometimes I genuinely wonder what game people are watching. Mahomes did nothing spectacular last night. He was good, but certainly wasn’t great. Heck, he threw a ball that should have been INT’ed and ended the game with less than 2 minutes to play. Not to mention the actual INT that was into double coverage. Chris Jones was the Chiefs MVP last night. Or perhaps McDuffie. It certainly wasn’t Mahomes, but they just always give it to the winning CB.

I remember when KC traded up in front us to get McDuffie and thinking “man I hope he sucks and the better player falls to us”.

They didn’t even look good tonight. But somehow just… won.

I think they move on from him. If they were willing to go long term, they lock him up last year before they lost all their leverage. He held out for a long deal and they refused. Just my opinion. Yeah. Mahomes was his normal good self. But he didn’t win the game. I didn’t even see a single spectacular throw. It was the Jones and McDuffie show.

The real Super Bowl MVP was Chris Jones. Not Mahomes. He is also an unrestricted free agent, and the Chiefs refused to give him a long term deal next season. It would take a lot of moving money around, but do you make a play for the game changing stud?

there is greater probability that they never win another Super Bowl, then they win more than Brady.

seriously, what the freak is this thread

100% you kick off. The defense has the commercial timeouts, plus the coin toss procedure to rest up. A few extra minutes after a full gameplay is not going to get you any more rested. you always want to know what you need to get to win the game. Or tie up this honestly felt like a very McDermott-ish game for Shanahan. Several seemingly small but poor decisions scattered here and there that add up to losing a game that you outplayed the other team in. still don’t understand how they didn’t expect pressure on Key downs in the fourth quarter and overtime. it’s like they were shocked every time.

Who knows if there would even be a winning field goal after? If I’m San Fran, I go for 2 in that situation. Zero chance I give Mahomes the ball back.

Ding ding ding. Narratives swing easily. We are a San Fran missed extra point from Mahomes being 2-2 in the SB. But he did (miss it). So Mahomes is 3-1 and in the GOAT talk.

Because you did. Mind numbing stupid coaching on San Frans side.

It absolutely matters. Mahomes scores a TD first, then the 49ers likely run the ball on 3rd down and create 4th and short. Or maybe even get the 1st.

This right here is why you kickoff in OT. Kicking that field on 4th and short looks pretty stupid right now, doesn’t it?

49ers coaching staff is playing with one combined brain cell right now.

49ers defense giving them free 6-7 yards every play. Obnoxious

I would hold every Chiefs player