One of the guests at our Super Bowl party said he didn’t want California win anything. Anyway, your analytics are impressive. I guess it was the intangible you couldn’t put your finger on that won the game—the reason the game is played. It was an excruciating game, I could barely watch it and was grateful we had people to feed and to talk to. Couldn’t believe it when finally, the Chiefs prevailed. Could have gone either way, quite honestly.
Well, it looks like your team won. I was rooting for the Niners. A moment of silence...
From here it looked like Niners brain trust/coaching/play calling/game plan seemed to be unaware that KC had a weak run defense (against a formidable SF run offense).
One thing about the playoffs, teams have a tendency to get happy feet and feel like they have to pass to score as quickly as they can. Nerves. Notice, again, when the Niners started running the ball a lot they moved it down the field. Notice KC won by Mahomes running the ball. Flashes of brilliance.
But IMO, both teams most of the game were missing the boat by not running more based on the matchups & offense/defense strengths/weaknesses. That analysis really gets you into the game and often explains why things end up as they do. I’ve never seen anyone do that matchup/game plan analysis. It’s fun for me.
In this game early on, I felt like the winning team might be the one that is hurt least by their own screw-ups. In the end, after getting into the red zone, SF went to the pass, whereas KC ran for the win with Mahomes.
Football Widows, your men are returning...