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@barbarian said in NFL:
I don't think the coaching was bad, it was the skill errors. The first 4th down play was fine - Reynolds just dropped it. Then he drops another one, then Gibbs fumbles. The pressure from the away crowd, the heat of the big stage and they just didn't have it.
If you're going to burn the coach, better criticism is the run on 3rd and goal in the last minute which burned their timeout.
But ultimately the 9ers were the better team. Purdy huge in the clutch, especially with his legs. And the defence stepped up when it mattered.
Coach played it the way he always played it. He's won more than he's lost doing it this season, but it didn't quite work out this time. Crucial errors and a couple of freak plays helped the 9ers get going and they did just enough to get another ugly W
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@barbarian said in NFL:
The pressure from the away crowd, the heat of the big stage and they just didn't have it.
I guess this is my point. By going for it on 4th down you are putting extra pressure on when it was not necessary. Given the extra pressure I don’t think it was smart to go for it when they already had control of the game.
The risk is too big for the reward in those circumstances in the game imo. It's like being in the lead in rugby and turning down 3s to go for tries.
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@MajorRage said in NFL:
Flowers basically took it on himself to take the Ravens out of the game.
Which would normally be brilliant, apart from the fact that he plays for the Ravens.
I think it will take him some time to get over this.
Two crucial brainfarts, a lesser player would get traded for shit like that
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You felt it coming in your bones when they went in to half time down by just 7.
It should have been 20+. Niners were all over them but just couldn't make the big plays they needed.
Mahomes, though. Really was a Patriots-esque season. They have a pretty shabby class of receivers, some key injuries, just holding things together with tape at times... and they win the Superbowl. And somehow they never really looked like winning the Superbowl at any point.
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@KiwiMurph said in NFL:
@barbarian said in NFL:
It should have been 20+. Niners were all over them but just couldn't make the big plays they needed.
Don't forget Shanahan abandoning the run in the 3rd quarter.
The guy outsmarts himself.
True, but I don't think that's unforgiveable. Chiefs clearly decided to put numbers into stopping the run.
Deebo was playing on one leg, the Greenlaw injury was a hammer blow... they probably could have found a way to involve Kittle a bit more but they came within a bees of winning the Superbowl, so it's hard to be too critical...
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@barbarian said in NFL:
True, but I don't think that's unforgiveable. Chiefs clearly decided to put numbers into stopping the run.
So the alternative is to just fail for about 3 drives in a row by not running the ball?
The whole 49ers offense revolves around the run. McCaffrey is one of the top 3 best players in the League and Shanahan just abandoned him for nearly a whole quarter - they almost went the whole 3rd quarter without getting a first down. Which also puts pressure on the defense as they had to keep rolling out there.
