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49ers players say they didn't know Super Bowl overtime rules
It’s silly to say it’s an obvious decision to defer. For one, you have to factor in your team. Defense was. And do you trust Purdy to get a TD under the pressure if he needs one on their OT possession?
And people are really overplaying the value of the Chiefs knowing what they need to do. This isn’t an end of game scenario. The Chiefs having the fourth down advantage pretty much ends after they get to the opponents 30 yard line unless they need a TD. If the 49ers didn’t score or just get a field goal then the Chiefs aren’t just automatically going for every fourth down in opponents territory.
And in this game specifically, where field goals were more prominent than TDs, a field goal by each team wasn’t that unlikely.
I would lean defer with Mahomes and our team but it’s definitely not a no brainer depending on the game circumstances and team you have.
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