Three takeaways from Super Bowl LIV: Chiefs defeat 49ers 31-20 to win 1st Super Bowl in 50 years
It is officially Patrick Mahomes’ league
“It’s now Patrick Mahomes league”, Troy Aikman said seconds after the final gun in Kansas City’s 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Winning the MVP one year, following that up with a Super Bowl? Hard to beat. What makes this even more symbolic is the fact that over the last few years, there’s been a transition from the Mannings, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees taking over the NFL to a new generation.
Now, we see Patrick Mahomes leading the way followed up by the current MVP , Ravens QB Lamar Jackson and the Texans’ Deshaun Watson. Those three have taken the baton and now lead the way, however it is Mahomes who carries a Lombardi Trophy, and Super Bowl MVP in hand.
Kyle Shanahan’s play calling was not great at the end
For three quarters, Kyle Shanahan had the 49ers in control and leading 20-10 entering the 4th quarter. Well, the final 15 minutes would be a nightmare for the 49er Faithful. Kansas City scored 21 points in the final stanza and now San Fran has to go into a long and cold off-season of what could’ve beens and shoulda, coulda, wouldas.
For Kyle Shanahan, it was the second straight Super Bowl he coached in that saw him abandon all the things that made them successful. Against the Chiefs, the Niners late second half game plans didn’t do much to take time off the clock and use the ball control that helped them lead the pace for the first three quarters.
Shanahan was apart of the colossal choke job vs. New England in Super Bowl LI as the Atlanta Falcons gave up a 28-3 lead. He’s now part of some rare company. The 49ers win probability reached 96 percent at one point in Sunday’s showdown.
Andy Reid, future Pro Football Hall of Famer. Officially.
Over 200 wins, a truckload of division titles and playoff appearances, yet one thing hadn’t sealed up the Andy Reid-Pro Football Hall of Fame case and that was a Super Bowl trophy. Well, after three-straight double digit comebacks in the postseason he finally gets one.
During Super Bowl week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame voters are posed a question when it comes to someone’s status as a hall of famer.
“Can you write the history of the NFL without this person’s name in it?”
With a Super Bowl title in tow, Andy Reid’s place in Canton is now all sealed up.
This story was originally published February 2, 2020 at 9:43 PM.
