In the immediate aftermath of Super Bowl LVIII, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan explained that he opted to take the ball after winning the coin toss to start overtime because he wanted to have the third possession of the game, with the next score winning it all.
On Tuesday, at their end-of-season press conference, Shanahan and G.M. John Lynch elaborated on the decision-making process, along with the extent to which it had been shared with the players in the days preceding the game.
Here’s the question, via the transcript provided by the team: “Some of the players after the game said they did not know the new rules for overtime. And Brock [Purdy] just said that he kind of went to quarterbacks coach Brian Griese right at the start of overtime for a refresher of the rules. Do you think it was important for the players to know the new rule as it pertains to overtime in the playoffs?”
Here’s Shanahan’s response, also from the transcript: “Well, yeah, I mean we did say and we told everyone as we were waiting for the coin toss, hey, review everyone with them, make sure they’re sure before we go out. So, we asked the position coaches to do that, but I didn’t cover it in a meeting on the Super Bowl week.
“I don’t think that changes anything. We did it with our analytics department. We decided that going into the playoffs, I think you guys know how I’ve explained how I make decisions with that stuff in the past. I take all the information I can get, especially ones I haven’t been in, and our analytics felt that was the best way to go. But as you guys know, I don’t always just go with that. I take into account what they say, what they think is right, and then I go off my gut in the heat of battle and I knew what they felt going into it. And when I think about that during the moments I have to make the decision, I think the type of game it was did match what they felt was the best way to do. It did seem more like a field goal game. And our defense had been out there for a real long…
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Publish date : 2024-02-14 05:56:25
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