Has anyone gone back to watch this game since the Super Bowl?



It's kind of surreal to do so now. Little did we know the 2018 home opener was going to be a tune-up for our next Super Bowl. There's some interesting similarities in the matchups.

On the first drive, the Chiefs had 3rd and 15 and got 14 on a screen pass. They ended up going for it on 4th and 1 and ran a read option - exactly the same play the Chiefs ran from the goal line and on the second 4th and 1 in the Super Bowl. The 49ers first touchdown was a pass to Juszcyzk as well. The Chiefs ended up winning this one by 11 like the SB - but unlike the Super Bowl were up 35-10 by halftime. This was the game that also had THIS touchdown from Patrick.



The 49ers got back in it with shredding our run D and George Kittle embarrassing Bob Sutton and running over our soft players in the secondary. It was a nice tone setter when Breeland ran through Kittle’s block and blew up a screen on the Niners first drive in our rematch. Our D just had a different mentality this year. In last year’s game, our pal Dee Ford turned in a sack on Jimmy G. and Jimmy later tore his ACL by taking on contact (instead of going out of bounds or sliding) at the end of the game. Jimmy credited that hit for allowing the 49ers to land Nick Bosa. You'd think playing against the Chiefs in the Mahomes era would have been enough for Shanny Jr. to try to be more aggressive to end the first half and to have iced time away from Patrick by running the football late - but whatever, I'm good with it. The run the Chiefs took in the 2nd quarter in the 2018 game was a thing of beauty, the 49ers defense looked absolutely shell-shocked. That level of domination by the Chiefs reminded me in all the best ways of watching the Chiefs run away with the game in the last 7 minutes of the Super Bowl.
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Is that Kaepernick and his Dad? :-)


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THE CHIEFS WON THE SUPERBOWL!!
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Pants-That was one of the most amazing plays I had ever seen by a Chiefs QB. At that point, I knew this was for real.

Everyone gave up except for Mahomes.

I have watched the SB a few times the last few weeks.


Another great part of winning is that it makes everyone else feel like a failure and panics into craziness for the next year.
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Well they started the 2nd half 9 for 10 passing so it's not like they werent successfully passing the ball. The first two drives of the 2nd half in which they scored a fg and a td they had 9 passes and 5 runs.
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Best game of the 2019-20 season.


https://youtu.be/W4pyoiIhR2A
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Man, LeSean McCoy had so much potential. If he just would have held on to the ball......
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Embedding in its full glory:


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Since I've been in a huff about the disrespect he's been getting around these parts. Here's Baldy's breakdown of the day my man Damien Williams had in the Super Bowl. He definitely should be our #1 back going into next year, even if we draft a rookie to wait in the wings at the #2.

#Chiefs #DamienWilliams saved his best for the big stage. He did it all in #SBLIV and what a day he had. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/vA2di1T8Ar

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) February 4, 2020

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Thanks dude.
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Hell yeah!!!!
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The Chiefs offense will now return:
▫️10 of 11 Super Bowl starters
▫️5 of its top 6 leading rushers
▫️8 of its top 9 leading receivers
▫️6 of its top 7 OL in terms of snaps played last year
▫️OC Eric Bienemy
▫️Led by Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 3, 2020

After Sammy’s news dropped today. Buckle in, dudes. We could do this all again.
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fyp
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Watching this, I'm struck by how good his footwork is for a RB. Just good technique all around.
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