I showed why Detroit was hard to beat. The Lions had better stats offensively than KC does this year.
KC lost to Detroit and GB SU.
Also - I remember that SF was supposed to be the better team when Mahome won his first SB over SF, with less experience than Garoppolo.
This year KC has less offense (no Hill who had 105 yds in that game) and SF has added McCaffrey - and Purdy who has better stats this year than Mahome.
But - the regular season is a bigger example of how many playoff teams each team played and what the record was.
Both SF and KC had losses without all the starters playing but since KC lost SU to 2 teams that SF beat - still shows SF is the better team.
The one los to Baltimore by SF doesn't hold up because of the 5 SF turnovers IMO.
In the Chiefs win over Baltimore - the Ravens had 3 turnovers and one goal line fumble that changed the outcome. The Chiefs were gifted that win.
Im not discounting Mahomes talent but KC doesnt have McCaffrey and he is the main difference when you can see that Purdy and Mahome are about the same.
The Ravens shutout of KC in the 2nd half last week, gives the SF defense a solid game plan to duplicate what the Ravens did.
Much like when SF shut out Detroit in the 2nd half and allowed that late TD to get the ball.and run out the clock.
Lets hope there are no turnovers and that the winner will be who plays best.
BOL Cap.
I have been breezing through this guys never ending writeups but had some time last night and decided to read some, including this one. There is a lot of incorrect info and plain old bias in this writeup. I will break it down line by line.
"Also - I remember that SF was supposed to be the better team when Mahome won his first SB over SF, with less experience than Garoppolo."
Mahomes entered that game with three postseason wins under his belt while Garoppolo had two.
"This year KC has less offense (no Hill who had 105 yds in that game)"
They did not have Tyreek Hill last year when they won the SB.
"Purdy who has better stats this year than Mahome."
First, SF is a running team that finished last in pass attempts while the Chiefs are a passing team who had the second most pass attempts during the 2023 season. How can you compare the QB's when one team threw it 635 times during the season to a team that threw it only 491 times?
And while we are comparing the QB'S, here are their postseason stats thus far:
Mahomes: 4 TD's 0 Int's 105.2 passer rating
Purdy: 2 TD's 1 Int 87.8 passer rating
"Both SF and KC had losses without all the starters playing but since KC lost SU to 2 teams that SF beat - still shows SF is the better team."
Do you have the stats backing that statement up or is that just your opinion?
"The one los to Baltimore by SF doesn't hold up because of the 5 SF turnovers IMO."
How that loss doesn't hold up is head shaking. Balt led 33-12 in the 4th quarter. Don't teams that score more points in a game ALWAYS win that game???
"In the Chiefs win over Baltimore - the Ravens had 3 turnovers and one goal line fumble that changed the outcome. The Chiefs were gifted that win."
Gifted? The fact that Steve Spagnuolo's defense allowed a total of three points in the second half is somehow a gift for KC??
"Im not discounting Mahomes talent but KC doesnt have McCaffrey and he is the main difference
when you can see that Purdy and Mahome are about the same."
Mahomes: 4 TD's 0 Int's 105.2 postseason passer rating
Purdy: 2 TD's 1 Int 87.8 postseason passer rating
"The Ravens shutout of KC in the 2nd half last week, gives the SF defense a solid game plan to duplicate what the Ravens did.
Much like when SF shut out Detroit in the 2nd half and allowed that late TD to get the ball.and run out the clock."
Lets compare the defensive coordinators:
Steve Wilks - 1st year as the niners DC. He has coached in one super bowl back in 2015 when he coached the defensive backs and was the asst. head coach for the Panthers, who lost 24-10 to Denver.
Steve Spagnuolo - was the DC for the Giants in 2007 when they beat the undefeated Patriots 17-14 in the SB. He has been the defensive coordinator for the Chiefs since 2019 and has two SB wins and one loss under his belt.
"Lets hope there are no turnovers and that the winner will be who plays best."
Normally the better team creates turnovers. In what world does a team that coughs up the football in a game more than the other team considered the better team in that game???
So why did I go through this line by line? I'll tell you. This guy has SF as a 25 unit game of the year pick. I'm not suggesting that SF can't win but where are the HUGE mismatches in the 49ers favor to suggest this is a game of the year selection???
Thanks for your time.
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