The San Francisco 49ers suffered a devastating 25-22 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in time beyond regulation of Tremendous Bowl LVIII. Whereas many imagine head coach Kyle Shanahan value the 49ers the sport for deciding to obtain the ball first after successful the time beyond regulation coin toss, he nonetheless thinks he made the precise determination.
“It is simply one thing we talked about,” Shanahan stated. “None of us have a ton of expertise with it. However we went by means of all of the analytics and talked to these guys. We simply thought it could be higher. We wished the ball third. If each groups matched and scored, we wished to be those who had the possibility to go win. Received that discipline aim, so knew we needed to maintain them to at the least a discipline aim, and if we did, then we thought it was in our palms after that.”
Shanahan’s perspective on the brand new guidelines nearly labored out till Kansas Metropolis made a defensive stand on the nine-yard line, forcing San Francisco to accept a discipline aim. The Chiefs then wanted a landing to win the sport and that is precisely what occurred.
Previously, it was a no brainer for the crew that received the time beyond regulation coin toss to obtain the ball first as the primary time beyond regulation landing received the sport. That is still true in at present’s regular-season format, however the postseason time beyond regulation guidelines have been modified in 2022 to make sure each groups get to own the soccer on offense.
It was clearly a primary for each groups, however head coach Andy Reid revealed after the sport that he would have chosen in a different way.
“That may go both approach. We might have kicked the ball off,” Reid instructed reporters. “We had already gone by means of all of that. We had all of it mapped out.”
The loss extends the 49ers Tremendous Bowl dropping streak to a few and in Shanahan’s two appearances his crew owned a fourth-quarter lead. That solely provides to the “What ifs?” surrounding one more loss that many imagine may have turned out in a different way.
As for Reid, he’s proud of Shanahan’s time beyond regulation determination. However on the similar time, he does not suppose Shanahan must be solely blamed for the end result of the sport.
“I am undecided there is a proper reply, essentially. Ours ended up being the precise one, however that would have simply gone the opposite approach,” Reid stated. “I am by no means gonna query Kyle as a result of he is good.”
