Even though this year was a bit rocky, I feel like we
backed into the matchup of the 2 best teams in the league this year.
I feel like the NFC is the weaker conference with San
Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas being the front runners easily in that
exact order.
The AFC is a stronger conference because everybody’s got a
Quarterback.
The Chiefs as the defending champions should’ve been a lot
stronger during the season, but coasted their way through the season. But they
ultimately ended up where they should have been, and with the outcome most
expected them to have, as being Super Bowl champions back-to-back.
They just had way too many distractions. Taylor Swift, Wide
Receiver issues, penalties and/or injuries by the Offensive Tackles. We should
have beat teams by 50, but we still won the biggest game of the year. So, as
Brett Veach said at the rally, if this is what an off year looks like then I’ll
take it.
For the 1st three quarters of the game, we
basically played like we have all year. Pacheco runs the ball, we rely on our
strong defense, while Butker is the only player that scores for most of the 2nd half,
and Tommy Townsend our Punter helps us play field position.
I knew it was going to be back and forth all game when both
of the star Running Backs for each team fumbled the ball which neither do very
often. And then the 49ers busted out trick plays like a throwback pass to
Christian McCaffrey for the only touchdown of the 1st half.
Freak occurrences started to happen. Greenlaw tears his ACL hopping up and down
on the sidelines and then running onto the field before the trick pass!? The
muffed punt by the Niners that really turned the game in the Chiefs favor in
the 2nd half. The touchdown pass, right afterwards. The Chiefs
offense looked like the highflying offense we are used to for a moment, but
they still couldn’t punch it in for touchdowns on a regular basis until
overtime. The Niners kept sacking Mahomes, we took the points with Butker, and
Mooney matched Butker field goal for field goal for a little while. Mahomes
picked up a few key 1st downs with his legs, even though he’s
not the fastest guy.
And then, like MeCole Hardman, we ALL blacked out from
excitement after the game-winning touchdown. The same MeCole Hardman, who did
absolutely nothing during his 1st go around with the Chiefs,
and was shipped to the Jets, comes back and becomes a Super Bowl hero.
