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49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=352276)

Chiefs players kept saying after the game that coaches kept coming up to them telling them about how OT works after practices and stuff to prepare them for this situation so they would be prepared and calm. Very well coached team.

Ratboy Jr.’s supposed “logic” that he wanted a second possession after both teams would have scored… is just wrong.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">49ers OL Jon Feliciano blamed teammate Spencer Burford for missing the block that allowed Chris Jones a free hit on Brock Purdy in OT <br><br>He apologized and said he “woke up hungover” and was “being a b—h” �� <a href="https://t.co/6uuVnaY4oh">pic.twitter.com/6uuVnaY4oh</a></p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1757508781141880990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Originally Posted by Eleazar (Post 17400285)

Wow.

I'd have sworn that was on McKivitz. That looks for all the world like McKivitz was supposed to push Jones inside from the RT spot and leave that easy outside pitch/catch.

On a quick play like that you're just not all that worried about edge pressure - you'd expect the TE can handle Karlaftis enough to give you the time you need. Then the RT pushes Jones into the interior where the RG can clean him up.

I know Buford seemed to fall on the grenade there but that just does not look like that's how that protection is drawn up.

Maybe the refs should announce the rules to the entire stadium at the start of OT. That would help right?

Since the 49rs kicked a FG I don't understand the issue.

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Originally Posted by philfree (Post 17400354)

Since the 49rs kicked a FG I don't understand the issue.

I don't either. The getting the ball after a field goal thing has been in place for a while now. The Bills baby rule is the part that's new.

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Originally Posted by Eleazar (Post 17398324)

Another angle

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colton McKivitz has one of the best players in the game lined up in front of him and he decides to give him a free rush to Brock Purdy… Sickening <a href="https://t.co/9skdBYXzaM">pic.twitter.com/9skdBYXzaM</a></p>— Coach Yac �� (@Coach_Yac) <a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_Yac/status/1757039979283235063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

*Weird, crappy quality here but looks fine on Twitter.

Wait, did that dumb**** Romo think that the 9r's win if they scored a TD on the first possession in OT? Holy shit...

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Originally Posted by philfree (Post 17400354)

Since the 49rs kicked a FG I don't understand the issue.

There really isn’t one. The Niner players not knowing the rules had no real bearing on anything. If anything, it may speak to a lack of attention to detail and that overall could have had an effect. To what extent we’ll never know.

As for deciding to take the ball, I get the Niners thinking but I would never willingly give Mahomes 4 downs to work with, which in essence is what they did by opting to get the ball first.