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Shanahan explains why he doesn’t regret Super Bowl overtime decision originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SANTA CLARA — While many of the 49ers’ players were unaware of the NFL’s playoff overtime rules, quarterback Brock Purdy made sure he got things straight.
Purdy said he went to quarterbacks coach Brian Griese at the end of regulation to get squared away.
“He explained the rules to me, so I had an understanding of it,” Purdy said Tuesday on the day players cleaned out their lockers at Levi’s Stadium.
Coach Kyle Shanahan said he alerted the position coaches to remind their small groups after the Kansas City Chiefs scored a late field goal to send Super Bowl LVIII into overtime at 19-19.
“I did not cover it in a meeting on the Super Bowl week,” Shanahan said. “I don’t think that changes anything.”
There was nothing that happened in overtime to suggest the 49ers’ unfamiliarity with the NFL’s overtime process had any significance. It was just another interesting footnote from the longest Super Bowl ever played — one that spanned 74 minutes, 57 seconds of game action.
The game Sunday was the first in which the NFL’s current rule on overtime came into play. Beginning with the 2022 season, both teams are allowed to possess the football in postseason games. If the game remains tied after both teams have one possession, then the next score wins the game.
The 49ers won the toss and elected to take the ball to open overtime.
Afterward, Shanahan cited the importance of the potential third possession producing the winning points.
“Our analytics [department] felt that was the best way to go, but as you guys know, I don’t always just go with that,” Shanahan said. “I take into account what they say, what they think is right, then I go off my gut in the heat of battle.”
The 49ers opted to keep their defense on the sideline to open overtime after that unit had just been on the field for 10 plays and a field-goal attempt to end the fourth…
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Publish date : 2024-02-14 03:29:08
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