Niners played 50 of 60 minutes and blew it

Yesterday, my 49ers took on the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Another Super Bowl and another disappointing outcome for the 2nd time in 7 years. First of, congratulations to the Chiefs who haven’t been to the Super Bowl for 50 years. They’re a very likable team and Mahomes is easily the best quarterback in the NFL right now.

Of course, this will be another loss that I will remember for awhile. Again, I felt like we were the overall better team evidenced by our 20-10 lead with 11 minutes left in the game.

On one hand, the Chiefs have been doing this and coming from behind in each of their last games so you can’t be too surprised or shocked. On the other hand, well we were up by 10 and had so many chances to put the game away or win.

We were the best running team in the NFL this year and we failed to run the clock out. Jimmy Garroppolo showed that he was not an elite quarterback. He made mistake after mistake and missed Emmanuel Sanders who was wide open for a touchdown on the last drive.

This the Super Bowl and you need to play all the full 60 minutes at an elite level to win. Whether in business or sports, you need to be full go all the time. Never assume that something is a done deal until the clock shows 0:00 or the ink is dry.

The Chiefs suffered a devastating loss in last year’s AFC championship game and came back to win it all this year. I’ll remain optimistic and hope that the Niners can also be on that same trajectory.