Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1476: Feeling like facing a formidable enemy
You know your own business.

The San Francisco 49ers fully adopted a rotation system on both offense and defense, which was different from the Houston Texans who had to do so due to injuries. Ultimately, it was a strategy of Shanahan. It was an active choice, especially for the defensive team, which was a tactic that Shanahan carefully planned from the beginning.

From the perspective of tactical deployment, by abandoning superstars and uniting the team, all players became chess pieces in Shanahan's hands, allowing Shanahan to evolve many tricks; at the same time, this also means that throughout the entire season, no lineup has played the entire game, and no lineup has ever tried to fight against the strong to the end.

Perhaps, some people think that, under the same circumstances, less playing time means saving energy, and in the final decisive battle, physical energy will prevail?

But after learning a little about competitive sports, you will know that things are not that simple. Physical fitness is developed through cumulative training, and the intensity of confrontation needs to be increased and accumulated little by little.

A simple example: if a person who has never run a marathon suddenly starts running a marathon, he may have an accident; even if this person is a professional player, such as a professional football player, without the accumulation and training, he may not be able to keep up in the actual marathon journey.

The same thing goes for football.

If the players have never played a full game, they don’t know what it feels like to play a full game, nor do they know what to do when they have to mobilize their physical potential in a strong confrontation. Now, in such an intense and dense confrontation, they are required to keep up with the rhythm immediately.

wishful thinking.

Therefore, in the three quarters so far, the Kansas City Chiefs have suffered severe physical exhaustion, and the San Francisco 49ers themselves have also paid a heavy price.

Shanahan burned energy on both offense and defense to drag the rhythm of the game into his familiar range. He finally gained the upper hand and widened the gap, but the real test has just begun.

Shanahan has been observing and judging all the time. He needs his different lineups to maintain their physical fitness, intensity and focus, otherwise the team may expose loopholes, both offensively and defensively.

Moreover, he himself could not be 100% sure which position would expose the vulnerability first.

This uneasiness always lingered in his mind, and Shanahan couldn't relax at all.

This also means that Shanahan needs to be more careful and focused in the future. This is the rule that Shanahan follows in leading the team. He transfers the burden of the players, the variables of the game process and other pressures to himself, and he calculates and faces the challenges by himself, increasing the probability of victory through his own planning.

Such as now.

detail!

This has been the case for all three quarters so far. Whichever team does better in the details will be able to seize the initiative at critical moments.

The score? It's just a number. Putting aside the score, the two sides are still entangled and deadlocked, and the game state remains the same.

In other words, the Kansas City Chiefs may be able to turn the situation around through details; but at the same time, as long as the San Francisco 49ers stay focused, they will be able to hold on to the fruits of victory.

Equal opportunity.

Shanahan took a step forward and communicated with the linebacker through gestures, "Number 23!"

Levi is still their top target, and winning the regular season MVP is definitely not a fluke! Shanahan always believes that Levi is the core, and the San Francisco 49ers must not give Levi any room to display.

The atmosphere was tense and filled with murderous intent.

Bosa could clearly feel that the Kansas City Chiefs players were staring at him like a pack of wolves, wishing they could eat him alive.

Not only Bosa, but other defensive players of the San Francisco 49ers could also feel it.

Silently, Bosa could feel the muscles of his teammates on his left, right and behind him tense up. Although there were no words, one by one they all expressed their support through practical actions. They were closely united and faced the storm together, which gave Bosa confidence.

Two-time defending champion?

So what! Tonight, when they stepped into the Hard Rock Stadium, their goal was to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, to pull the arrogant Kansas City Chiefs off the throne, to prove to the entire league and the world that the so-called undefeated god of war does not exist, and to summon the glory of the San Francisco 49ers again!

Look, who is leading the score now?

Ah!
Bosa pounded his chest hard, roaring and shouting, with a hint of blood in his eyes. He stared at Levi without giving in.

The hatred has already been formed, so... why not let him end Levi's myth with his own hands!

"attack!"

Mahomes calls the snap.

In an instant, one could clearly sense the overall tension of the San Francisco 49ers' defensive front line, with the interlocking zone defenses all bending their knees to lower their center of gravity.

This means that their attention is on ground defense, and they keep a close eye on Levi as if he were a formidable enemy, ready to demonstrate their second-ranked ground defense ability in the league.

However, in just a moment, less than two seconds, a reddish-brown parabola crossed the area where the offensive and defensive lines were entangled and confronted, flew just five yards, and found Hill in the crowd.

Hill!

It was actually a pass, it was actually Hill!
Having just been intercepted, Mahomes boldly aimed the pass at Hill again.

This time, under the cover of Watkins, Hill did not feel any pressure. He easily caught the football in his arms and even turned around and advanced three yards. Only then did he fall to the ground amidst the layers of interceptions, catching the San Francisco 49ers off guard.

Ten codes in the first gear and two codes in the second gear.

The first gear has ten codes, and the second gear has five codes.

Ten yards in one gear.

For five consecutive times, the Kansas City Chiefs used Levi as bait, two of which were fake runs and real passes. In the end, Mahomes made five short passes with a 100% passing success rate of 5 out of 5, and won two consecutive first downs.

Shanahan, alarm bells are ringing.

It's not just because they lost two first downs - that's normal, it's perfectly normal; it's because the Kansas City Chiefs' rhythm is back, and "speed is invincible."

If the San Francisco 49ers want to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, they must not let the Kansas City Chiefs get into their fast-paced offensive rhythm. Not to mention the San Francisco 49ers, there is currently no team or defensive coordinator in the entire league who has absolute confidence in stopping the Kansas City Chiefs who are fully in form.

In tonight's game, the most successful point of the San Francisco 49ers was to continuously disrupt the rhythm of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Shanahan needs to keep it up.

At this point, Shanahan could no longer care about so many things and immediately gave instructions, demonstrating his ability to respond on the spot.

On second down and 49 yards, the San Francisco ers adopted a raid strategy, but it was a fake raid. The number of people on the raid was not large. The focus was on creating the illusion of a raid. The real strategy was still in the short pass area, relying on the interlocking zone defense to block Mahomes' passing target.

Sure enough, he caught them red-handed—

Under pressure, Mahomes tried to find Kelce's six-yard short pass but failed to control the pass trajectory and it flew directly out of the sideline.

On third down and six yards, the San Francisco 49ers finally slowed down the Kansas City Chiefs' offense a little.

(End of this chapter)