San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs– The last time I was this excited for a Super Bowl, the New York Giants were getting ready to play the Patriots. This has the potential to be the most explosive and exciting game from a hardcore football fans perspective. The only proper way to breakdown this matchup is in two parts. Each team’s defense vs each teams offense and make a decision based on those matchups.
SF Offense vs KC Defense– The San Francisco 49ers offense is coming off a stretch of games where they ran the ball at a historic pace. RB Raheem Mostert is coming off his best career performance, rushing for 3 touchdowns and over 200 yards. I ßee San Francisco using the same game plan trying to get Mostert involved early and often. Hopefully this gets things going in the passing game. QB Jimmy Garropalo has thrownfor just 208 yards with 2 TD’s and a pick. He is going to need to utilize his main weapons TE George Kittle and WR Deebo Samuel against a very stingy Kansas City defense. Look for Kittle to be the go to guy and if he has a big game then the 49ers do too. The KC Defense has heard it all about good running attacks leading into big games. It is all they heard about heading into the AFC Championship about star RB Derrick Henry. He had run for over 175 yards in 3 straight games. The Titans knocked out the 1 and 2 seeds. So what did this under the radar, beast of a defense do? Led by LB Frank Clark and S Tyrann Mathieu and the dominant return of Chris Jones, they held Henry to just 69 yards, and only 7 in the 2nd half. They executed just how I said hey should, try and make Tannehill beat you. He couldn’t and they advanced. If they do the same to Garropalo and take the running game away from San Francisco, it will be a similar stop it style game and that is one type of game you don’t want with Kansas City and All-World QB Patrick Mahomes.
San Francisco Defense vs Kansas City Offense– This matchup is what everyone is waiting to see. Such a hard hitting, fast, slugfest should require a main event introduction from one of the Buffer Brothers. For San Francisco, they come in on an absolute roll defensively. Led by rookie sensation Nick Bosa and wily veteran Richard Sherman, who’s still playing at an all pro level despite what Revis says, the defense has been lights out shutting down 2 very effective and balanced offenses led by 2 of the too quarterbacks in the game. They made Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins look less than pedestrian while simultaneously shutting down Aaron Jones and Dalvin Cook. The ability of the defensive line to pressure Mahomes is going to be crucial to their success. Equally as important is the secondarys ability to stay in coverage with KC’s many weapons while also containing Mahomes. This will be their toughest task yet. As for Kansas City’s offense, what can be said that hasn’t been said 100 times about the best offense in the NFL? Patrick Mahomes is on another planet right now getting big things done with his arm and his legs. The big focus I see for this offensive attack is who gets the separation? Travis Kelce has been outstanding once again and when he is covered it seems WR Tyreek Hill is there to make a play. So many weapons, it’s hard to pick your poison. These 2 are especially dangerous when Mahomes is scrambling, knowing exactly where their QB wants to put the ball and getting there promptly. RB Damien Williams has been a huge spark for the Chiefs both running the ball and catching it out of the backfield as well. The only way that you van slow these guys down is to either force turnovers or get them off the field quickly. That is the name of any game but these guys make it especially harder.
Prediction- I just think that this Kansas City Offense is clicking on all cylinders right now and too tough to stop. If there is one team to slow them down it would be this 49ers team. The mismatch lies when the SF Offense is on the field. My biggest concern is that if the running game gets shut down, Kansas City has a great secondary that can contain the attack. I give a slight edge to Kansas City in this one. Chiefs 30 49ers 27.
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