How The Kansas City Chiefs Won The Super Bowl

Another attempt to Hill sailed well out of the wide receiver’s reach, and Mahomes was chased into throwing the ball away by Arik Armstead on second down. That set up a 3rd-and-10. Mahomes threw incomplete to Kelce in the end zone, but Tarvarius Moore, who delivered an interception earlier in the game, was correctly called for pass interference, with the 20-yard penalty putting the ball on San Francisco’s 1-yard line.

At that point it was just a matter of time, and Mahomes put the points on the board with just one more play.

Does Mahomes have another comeback in him?

If you’re looking for a reason for San Francisco to be nervous, it comes from Patrick Mahomes’s performances just in this postseason. In a divisional round game against the Houston Texans, Mahomes and the Chiefs fell behind by 23-0 in the second quarter before winning, 51-31. In the A.F.C. championship game against the Tennessee Titans, the Chiefs fell behind by 17-7 before winning, 35-24.

With just under seven minutes to play, the 49ers are leading by 10 points. But Mahomes has the ball and a chance to score. And with Mahomes, scoring plays tend to come in a hurry.

A 49ers drive goes nowhere.

Given a bonus drive by way of the interception, the 49ers were not able to do anything with it. They gained only 17 yards on five plays, with Jimmy Garoppolo being pushed out of bounds for a 4-yard gain on a third-down play where San Francisco had needed 14.

Garoppolo has been effective all game for San Francisco, completing 18 of 22 passes, but he uncorked one stinker on this drive, with his pass sailing across the middle of the field with no receivers anywhere near it. Luckily for the 49ers, no Chiefs players were anywhere near, it either.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/sports/football/chiefs-49ers-super-bowl.html?emc=rss&partner=rss