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The San Francisco 49ers had many opportunities to put the Kansas City Chiefs away by going up multiple scores in the second half of Super LVIII, but they couldn’t do it, going three-and-out on their three drives in the third quarter.
That, of course, meant the inevitable: Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs rallied for another comeback victory against the 49ers in the big game, leaving San Francisco thinking again about what it could have done differently for the second time in five years after losing 25-22 in overtime.
“Yeah, obviously it sucks man,” 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy said postgame when asked about losing the Super Bowl, via NBC Sports. “You want to win it for that kind of guy [head coach Kyle Shanahan]. He’s a great coach. Everyone wants to go to war with that guy. The way he handles himself and carries himself, we all just want to win for him. Obviously, the older guys, the vets. Trent Williams, Arik Armstead and all the guys that have been through it, man, you want to win for them.
“It starts with Coach, man. That’s who I hurt for,” Purdy continued. “I hurt for all the other guys. Our whole team. What we have been through the last year hasn’t been easy, and for it to go like that, close at the end, it’s tough. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around it.”
Purdy, who was the third-youngest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history (24 years, 46 days), didn’t play poorly as he completed 23 of his 38 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown. However, he just couldn’t quite make a couple key, game-changing plays when the 49ers needed them, facing critical third downs on their final two drives of the game.
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who became the first coordinator ever to win four Super Bowls, blitzed Purdy on each of San Francisco’s last third-down plays of its final two possessions, which forced incompletions on both of those throws. In the Super…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-02-12 16:40:34
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