Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1449 Coach Game
"0:7".

The San Francisco 49ers are in front and the Kansas City Chiefs are behind.

In the live broadcast room, Akman is expressing his views.

"Honestly speaking, any team in the league needs to be mentally prepared to face the Kansas City Chiefs. This score itself is not surprising."

"Of course, it was more or less unexpected to be in such a situation in less than a minute. The good news is that the Kansas City Chiefs seem to be well prepared; the bad news is that the San Francisco 49ers are facing a difficult situation."

"I believe Kyle Shanahan is prepared for difficulties, but I'm not sure how much he is prepared, and whether it includes such a situation. After the divisional game and the conference finals, you can know that this is the most difficult part of facing the Kansas Chiefs: how many sets of tactics and how many contingency tactics do you need to prepare to be able to persist until you beat them."

"Now, the first test is here. The San Francisco 49ers need to stand firm, fight back, and hold on to the game, but we don't know what they can do."

As we were talking, the game had already ignited again, this time it was "San Francisco 49ers offense VS Kansas City Chiefs defense."

The live broadcast room didn't even have a chance to introduce the starting roster of the San Francisco 49ers defense. The rapidly changing game had entered the next stage, and now it was the turn of the San Francisco 49ers offense.

Fortunately, this time the live broadcast room finally had the opportunity to complete the introduction work.

Like the defense, the San Francisco 49ers offense does not have a superstar. If the defense has Sherman, the offense has Kittle.

George Kittle, tight end, is the only superstar of the San Francisco 49ers' offense. He is the only player on the team with more than 1053 receiving yards, yards; but the problem is that he only had five touchdowns throughout the season, which is not at the same level as Graham and Gronkowski in their prime.

No wonder there are almost no San Francisco 49ers players in this year's Pro Bowl and All-American First/Second Team.

However, the San Francisco 49ers stood on the Super Bowl stage.

Despite the absence of superstars, both the San Francisco 49ers' offense and defense insisted on implementing the rotation system, maximizing the power of the -man roster.

The Houston Texans have had to stick to a rotation system this season due to injuries, while the San Francisco 49ers are implementing a rotation system on their own initiative, and have gone a step further than the Houston Texans, completely abandoning the star player effect and implementing the blue-collar player cooperation concept on both offense and defense.

So, this scene appeared.

Raheem Mostert, Matt Breida, and Tevin Coleman are known as the "Running Back Committee" because their season ball possession numbers are almost the same, and their running yardage is all between 500 and 700 yards, but at the same time, they have different styles and play different roles at different times.

He is completely a pawn in Shanahan's hands, but he can really charge into battle.

In addition, with wide receiver Deebo Samuel occasionally playing as a running back, his season rushing yards are approaching 200.

At the same time, the role of fullback Kyle Juszczek also breaks the boundaries. Fullback is also a running back. He is a traditional running back, a power running back that is gradually disappearing. However, Juszczek rarely runs the ball. He is more responsible for ground screening and occasionally plays as... a wide receiver.

It’s hard to guard against.

So, in two playoff games, the San Francisco 49ers' ground offense completely destroyed the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers, the NFC North duo.

In this regard, Shanahan did not shy away from admitting that "the inspiration came from Levi."

There is only one Levi, a one-of-a-kind existence, but Levi's sudden appearance has filled the role of running back with infinite possibilities, and Shanahan has begun to open up his imagination.

The same is true for wide receivers. Although Kittle and Samuel play key roles, it is incredible that Kittle's main task includes ground breakups, while Samuel needs to play as a running back.

The other wide receivers are all tools, responsible for executing Shanahan's dazzling passing routes. Nine players have received more than 100 yards, and there are four core tools with more than 300 yards. Together with Kittle and Samuel, they constitute Shanahan's tactical main force.

In fact, the same is true for Reed.

To some extent, Shanahan, like Reid, is a tactical maniac, especially in short pass tactics, which fully promotes the advantages of the West Coast passing offense. The thickness and complexity of the tactical manual are well-known throughout the league.

The difference is that Reid also believes in the personal abilities of the players. In addition to Levy, the personal abilities of Hill and Kelce and the potential of Watkins and Hardman are all worthy of attention; Shahanna completely takes control of the initiative in his own hands and turns the football game into a chess game.

Because of this, professionals are emphasizing one point: Does Shanahan believe in Garoppolo? How much does he believe in him? This may be the key to winning or losing the Super Bowl.

When the San Francisco 49ers' offense took the field, Aikman in the studio and Lawson on ESPN's "Inside the League" all believed one thing:

In the unexpected impact, the San Francisco 49ers need to gain a foothold quickly, and Shanahan should naturally choose a steady ground offense.

However, Shanahan did not——

The opening drive began with a modern outside zone offense, but instead of handing the football to the running backs by committee, Garoppolo threw the ball himself.

Fake run, real pass.

Fake run, real pass.

Or... fake run and real pass.

Relying on the beautiful screens of the ground offense, the San Francisco 49ers cooperated with the skilled short pass route to tear open the gap, and Garoppolo made three of three passes.

Pass success rate 100%.

Of course, it's not without shortcomings. Garoppolo shoots quickly but is not greedy. He often makes short passes of three or five yards, shooting quickly and connecting quickly.

In other words, the passes are short, frequent and fast, but the advancement efficiency is low, sacrificing the advancement efficiency in exchange for the success rate of the passing attack.

The Kansas City Chiefs' defense was highly focused. Although it focused on ground defense, Reid also anticipated Shanahan's change of formation and weaved the defense with zone defense, quickly stepping forward to complete the defense after Garoppolo's target completed the catch, to avoid losing large yards as much as possible.

The two coaches engaged in a game of chess, with Shanahan responding on the spot while Reed, with his shrewdness, managed to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

So, although Garoppolo made three of three passes, which was very good from the data point of view, the San Francisco 49ers fell into third and second yards. In the end, they relied on the connection between Garoppolo and Kittle to complete the third gear conversion. After nearly two minutes of back and forth, Garoppolo led the San Francisco 49ers to advance...

Eleven yards.

Wait, is this normal?
Why is the passing offense less efficient than the ground offense? Something is wrong, right?

The situation suddenly became interesting, just like a table tennis ball. The small white ball moved back and forth quickly, but maintained the same rhythm and frequency. Even its rotation did not have too many tricks. The two sides were stuck in a stalemate, and it was unclear who had the advantage for a while.

(End of this chapter)