Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1413: Master of Winning by Laying Down
2019 NFL season, National League Finals, final score, "20:37".

The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Green Bay Packers in a convincing game. Although LaFleur and Rodgers tried their best to fight back and reverse the situation, Shanahan and his team withstood the impact and undisputedly established themselves at the top of the league, proving their ability and talent.

So, when people discuss the Super Bowl showdown, the San Francisco 49ers are indeed the best candidate to challenge the Kansas City Chiefs' undefeated season.

However, that’s not all.

In a game, we should not only look at the score, but also the process and the details.

For example, quarterback.

Jimmy Garoppolo completed 8 of 6 passes for 77 yards.

No touchdowns, no interceptions, like a ghost, invisible throughout the game.

Yes, the data is not wrong. Garoppolo only took eight shots in the whole game, which was useless. In the 2019 NFL season where passing is king and quarterbacks are in the spotlight, this data is incredible and even shocking.

Of course, not such a pleasant "shock".

This reminds me of the Miami Dolphins in the 1970s half a century ago, when the Miami Dolphins entered the Super Bowl for three consecutive years and won two championship trophies, including a miracle season in which they won all the games, which is still the only existence that the NFL cannot replicate.

Even though the regular season was still fourteen games at the time.

At that time, the Miami Dolphins relied on varied road offense and tough defense to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the game. The quarterback was just an dispensable mouthpiece tool. It was an era when ground offense was king and running backs were the cornerstone of team building.

The point is that half a century later, the league has changed dramatically and is no longer what it was when the Miami Dolphins dominated the league.

But Shanahan did it, and the San Francisco 49ers did it. In the 2019 season, they reproduced the former glory of the Miami Dolphins and demonstrated the power of their ground offense.

When Garoppolo became a complete vase decoration, the San Francisco 49ers' ground offense showed what football looked like half a century ago.

Strong. Heavy. Versatile.

Raheem Mostert carried the ball 220 times for yards and four touchdowns.

Kill crazy!

You know, for a running back, a 100-yard performance is already a top performance. Top players like Levi and Henry only very, very occasionally put up a 200-yard performance, which is extremely rare.

But who is Mostert?

He was an undrafted rookie in 2015 and changed six teams in the first two years of his career. He couldn't even find a place in the practice group until he joined the San Francisco 49ers and barely found a place to stay in the professional league. However, he has not made any mark in the past two years and has always been a rotation player.

As a result, bang!

220 yards and four touchdowns, an absolutely top performance that left the Green Bay Packers dizzy and helpless.

In fact, the San Francisco 49ers' ground attack is much more than that.

In the two playoff games, the ground advance totaled 471 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 5.29 yards per run - almost catching up with Levi's advance efficiency.

This is what the league's top ground offense looks like. Looking back at the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers had the second-highest ground yards in the league, the most rushing touchdowns in the league, and the highest average yards in the league.

Tough!

Over the past three seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs have been able to focus on the layout of ground offense thanks to Levi's presence; but as everyone knows, Reid is still a passing coach and quarterback training master at heart, and his strategies and tactics can only form a balance between passing and running at most.

Under Reid, ground offense is the cornerstone of the passing offense. This season, even Levi's passing ability has been discovered by Reid.

It can be seen that the Kansas City Chiefs are still a traditional West Coast offensive system team, mainly based on passing.

Now, Shanahan is also a passing coach, but this young man has shown the courage and boldness of his age, subverting his own habits and tendencies. In addition to the continuous innovation of passing tactics, he has shined in the playoffs with a retro ground offense, completing the adventure that Reed dared not try.

It is no exaggeration to say that the San Francisco 49ers' ground offense is not only capable of competing with the Kansas City Chiefs, but is even better.

Under the fierce ground attack coverage, Garoppolo had almost no chance to perform.

In the divisional round, Garoppolo only had 19 pass attempts, but he didn't expect that in the conference finals, he would only have eight pass attempts.

In the 2017 season, everyone complained about the Jacksonville Jaguars' monotonous offensive tactics. Run the ball, run the ball, pass the ball, and the three-gear offensive strategy was always the same, so much so that it was seen through by opponents, and even their own players couldn't help but complain.

Who could have thought that in the 2019 season, the San Francisco 49ers would actually use a three-gear offensive tactic of run, run, and run?

Moreover, the San Francisco 49ers actually won the game?
In fact, winning is a good thing and worth celebrating. In people's eyes, winning is a good thing. Why bother about the details? At this moment, we should focus on the results, not the process.

But the point is, Garoppolo was paid the highest salary on the team, $27.5 million a year, with $90 million guaranteed, but he ended up being reduced to a vase on the playoff stage?

Is this really good?
Earlier in the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Seattle Seahawks in overtime, ending their undefeated streak. Garoppolo's performance was questioned and he became the target of public criticism. Professionals said that with such a performance in the playoffs, it would be impossible for the San Francisco 49ers to beat the Kansas City Chiefs.

In that game, Garoppolo's passing data was 46 of 24, 248 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.
Now, looking at the two playoff games, Garoppolo has thrown the ball a total of 208 times for yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

With this data, I don’t even know where to start complaining.

Look at Rodgers and Mahomes. Sometimes they pass the ball more than twenty times in a quarter. If their passing yards in a single game are less than 300, they will be repeatedly criticized by the media. Look at Garoppolo's data, it is true that comparison makes people frustrated.

Don't even compare him to other quarterbacks. Compared with Garoppolo's own data in the Seattle Seahawks game, his performance in the two playoff games is still impressive. This is not even a question of good or bad performance, but a question of lack of presence.

When the rest of the offensive players are fighting hard, what about Garoppolo? Is he having afternoon tea?
Because of this, the bustling attack poured down on Garoppolo from all directions.

Moreover, this time it was not just the fans, but also the professionals who could not stand it anymore. They put the matter on the table with serious expressions for formal discussion.

The round-table meeting showed unprecedented formality.

The hustle and bustle and the excitement dominated the entire field of vision, even stealing the limelight from the results of the Federation finals. This time, even Levi had to admit defeat.

"Master of Easy Winning", "Golden Boy's Victory Method", these keywords have emerged in a sweeping manner and have become popular in an incredible manner!
This is probably something no one expected.

(End of this chapter)