The San Francisco 49ers suffered a devastating 25-22 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in extra time of Tremendous Bowl LVIII. Whereas many imagine head coach Kyle Shanahan value the 49ers the sport for deciding to obtain the ball first after profitable the extra time coin toss, he nonetheless thinks he made the proper determination.
“It is simply one thing we talked about,” Shanahan mentioned. “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. Obtained that area objective, so knew we needed to maintain them to not less than a area objective, and if we did, then we thought it was in our palms after that.”
Shanahan’s perspective on the brand new guidelines virtually labored out till Kansas Metropolis made a defensive stand on the nine-yard line, forcing San Francisco to accept a area objective. The Chiefs then wanted a landing to win the sport and that is precisely what occurred.
Previously, it was a no brainer for the staff that received the extra time coin toss to obtain the ball first as the primary extra time landing received the sport. That continues to be true in in the present day’s regular-season format, however the postseason extra time guidelines had 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 manner. We’d have kicked the ball off,” Reid informed 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 shedding streak to 3 and in Shanahan’s two appearances his staff owned a fourth-quarter lead. That solely provides to the “What ifs?” surrounding yet one more loss that many imagine might have turned out in a different way.
As for Reid, he’s pleased with Shanahan’s extra time determination. However on the identical time, he would not assume Shanahan ought to be solely blamed for the end result of the sport.
“I am unsure there is a proper reply, essentially. Ours ended up being the proper one, however that might have simply gone the opposite manner,” Reid mentioned. “I am by no means gonna query Kyle as a result of he is good.”
