49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules
Niners players: We didn't know overtime rules
Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.
you had two weeks to prepare, tho.
Excuses, excuses
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you had two weeks to prepare, tho.
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Makes sense. If they had know the rules they wouldn't have been stopped by the Chief's D and they would have stopped the Chiefs from scoring the game winning TD.49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules
Niners players: We didn't know overtime rules
Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.www.espn.com
you had two weeks to prepare, tho.
RiverDog
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I don't think that any of the Niners players were making excuses. They're not the ones who formulate game strategy. They were simply stating a fact, that like a lot of very good football minds, they were unaware that the OT rules in the playoffs differed from those in the regular season.
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It didn't matter because even under the regular season overtime rules, the other team gets the ball if you only kick a field goal. The only way it is different is that even if you score a TD on the first possession, the other team still gets a chance to tie.
bigskydoc
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Or go for the two point conversion for the win
GeekHawk
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Weird. I work on nuclear reactor systems, and *I* know all the rules of *my* game! I guess wanna-be champs don't hold themselves to very high standards, or something.
OneLofaTatupu
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You’d think a coach who has been to a superbowl might prepare his team for these scenarios.49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules
Niners players: We didn't know overtime rules
Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.
you had two weeks to prepare, tho.
But that’s a major miss if it is so on shanahan and supports the epic melt down
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Is that the waterboy's job?
MizzouHawkGal
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Exactly.
The players who said they didn't know the rules had no impact on the game and while they were asked and answered, nobody used it as an excuse.
Kyle took the ball because their analytics team decided that they wanted the 3rd possession...IE if 1st team scores, 2nd team matches, then 3rd possession is sudden death. It came out that KC likely would have gone for 2 in that case which would make the 3rd possession moot, but no way to know that in advance.
It wasn't a lack of not knowing the rule. We can debate which way is "correct", but they made that choice and have to live with it. If they get a block on that third down where Aiyuk was wide open in the endzone, they game might have been decided on 2 point conversion attempt. Who knows. That's not what happened. Just have to own it and move on.
Kyle took the ball because their analytics team decided that they wanted the 3rd possession...IE if 1st team scores, 2nd team matches, then 3rd possession is sudden death. It came out that KC likely would have gone for 2 in that case which would make the 3rd possession moot, but no way to know that in advance.
It wasn't a lack of not knowing the rule. We can debate which way is "correct", but they made that choice and have to live with it. If they get a block on that third down where Aiyuk was wide open in the endzone, they game might have been decided on 2 point conversion attempt. Who knows. That's not what happened. Just have to own it and move on.
SoulfishHawk
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Can you imagine if Santa Clara went down and scored a TD, followed by losing their sh** because they "won the Super Bowl?"
That...would...have...been...epic.
That...would...have...been...epic.
kidhawk
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If you don’t read the article the headline makes it seem they didn’t know the new rules period. The truth is they didn’t know until the end of regulation. They said they were posted on a screen in the stadium.
The real difference here is KC players say they prepared for this every game of the playoffs. They were prepared with a plan for every scenario.
I agree with the decision to go first but like others said you have to treat it like. TD or nothing situation.
you would still go first knowing that if you're at 3rd and long in your own territory you'd have to punt if you don't convert (unless you get a defensive holding call....)? but if you defer, at 3rd and long, (edit to clean it up a bit: assuming you have to go for it on 4th since the other team scored), and you can play call knowing you don't have to pick that first down on a chunk play on 3rd? i think it limits your options a bit if you go first
49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules
Niners players: We didn't know overtime rules
Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.
you had two weeks to prepare, tho.
I think that is less an excuse and if anything more of an embarrassing for the coaching staff. That being said, I really do think the choice to take the ball first OT had to do more with the fatigue of both defenses at that time.
BlueTalon
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The writers of that article seemed to think that the Digits going first gave the Chiefs all the advantages. That's just stupid. If the Digits had held the Chiefs to a FG, they would have gotten the ball back, and at that point it's sudden death for real. They obviously failed to hold the Chiefs to a FG, but that's an on-the-field problem, not a coin-flip-strategy problem.
But of all the possible outcomes for receiving the ball first….safety, pick, punt, fg, td, the only relevant one where you would have a 3rd possession is if you kick a fg and they come back with a fg. Yea if you kick and fg and stop them on 4th, you win. If they are into analytics I would think that is a coin flip strategy problem.
Maelstrom787
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And one of them understood .
