Did Kyle Shanahan Blow It in the Super Bowl? (No.) | The Play Sheet | Ringer NFL

[@uberhikari]

I usually agree with you but here you're wrong. Kyle Shanahan is too clever by half. He's doing all these complicated O-line movements, pulling centers/guards on pass plays to try and confuse the defense, and all he did was confuse his own players. If you're going up against someone known for using exotic blitzes, then you should SIMPLIFY your protection schemes rather than make it super difficult for your own O-line to execute. Kittle should've never been in the backfield on a critical play that required him to try and decipher a complicated blitz scheme from Spagnuolo.

[@northside4767]

Spags ate Kyle‘s lunch, plain and simple. You can’t just blindly run concepts as if the guy you’re coaching against isn’t the guy you’re coaching against.

[@travisoshea]

What Spags did with the run fits, blitzes , and switching the fronts just before the snap reminded me of what Bill did vs Mcvay in the their Super Bowl

[@beaker8111]

He is one of the best coaches we got ... unless it matters, and that's the point. You just did a whole video answering NOT the point. He makes the wrong call when it matters. Nobody cares that his offense get them here if when it matters in the big games he shits the bed.

[@joelnealy6037]

The 49ers have a great opportunity to learn from this and modify some things and virtually become unstoppable based on the information gained from this game. Literally, sometimes you have to lose to win. This defense BEATS what 49ers do well and by beating this defense you can beat anyone.

[@ny3793]

You can motion without having to pull your guards on pass plays, wtf are you talking about. You can also motion without putting your TE in the backfield. It’s 100% on the coach, everyone else pretty much did fine with the exception of the botched return and missed kick.

[@coledaynhell]

Kyle Shanashit sponsored this video.

[@seanzibonanzi64]

Man, I didn't see Williams get pancaked by Pennel live, he really came to play! Highest graded Chief's interior DL of the night, bravo sir

[@aarondonald1611]

Is it not a huge deal that TRENT WILLIAMS got beat by a corner???

[@rodrigodamian7741]

That was astonishing to see

[@CharlieRogers50]

Sneed is a dawg and Trent Williams played like a man that's getting paid regardless of outcome.

[@joelnealy6037]

He tripped over the lineman’s feet next to him

[@travisoshea]

Yea it is 1000%!!!!

[@ny3793]

Designing no hot routes on 3rd down knowing you will be blitzed and putting guys like Kittle in the backfield to pass block when you have a good pass blocker in Kyle and Christian is STUPID

[@travisoshea]

hahahaha

[@karenhardie1132]

Lots of blame. Missed extra point, muffed punt, fumble, missed blocks. Bad play calling.

[@agalvin1313]

Kyle always does too much to create misdirection to scheme guys open and doesn't emphasize pass protection. If we just did basic 5-0 blocks more often instead of pulling the center or guard and putting kittle in the backfield etc Niners would have won the superbowl. Kyle is great a lot of things but this area is a weakness of his. If you want to do that against the cardinals fine. But if you are going against the Chiefs, Ravens or Browns you might want to focus more on sound pass blocking.

[@jti107]

shout out to the chiefs D. really hard to stop this offense but they somehow shutdown aiyuk, deebo, kittle and held cmc to under 90 yards. Jennings was the only guy making plays

[@offtopicable]

The more analysis videos I see the more impressed I am by the game Purdy had. Baller.

[@justinszabo5205]

wat

[@voxelation]

I hope this loss teaches Brock Purdy the importance of blitz protection planning the same way that Belichick taught Mahomes of its importance the first time Mahomes played the Patriots. Mahomes said on the New Heights podcast, "Thanks, Coach Belichick. Because ever since then, if the blitz-protection plan isn't perfect and I don't feel perfect going into the game with it, I don't feel prepared."

[@ShOrt_RoUnD]

Shanahan QBs don’t do protection

[@voxelation]

@@ShOrt_RoUnD It's the center's responsibility, I know. In which case, maybe a better center prevents some of those 9 unblocked pressures.

[@aarondonald1611]

@@ShOrt_RoUnDAnd that's why he keeps losing the big one

[@t4d0W]

@@voxelation Funny enough the Niners interior pass pro is always a preseason issue in recent years. They sort it out in the regular season of course but becomes a factor in January football when a better team exploits that part of the O-line.

[@michaelemond7315]

Thank you for defending Kyle. We all need a Ben having our backs.

[@markdaly2374]

Well explained so the answer is to fire your DC😂😂

[@JWRame]

What a good breakdown on shutting down the run. I hope this will show all the armchair coordinators that it's not a coincidence that the ravens and the 9ers abandoned the ground game.

[@Coffeeanddonuts]

keep him. 1 more loss and the 49ers could tie the Bills and Vikings with 4 Superbowl losses. 5 Ties Patriots and Broncos and 6...would be the most losses in Superbowl history! We can do it yeah! Lol gotta have some laughs. It's just a game.

[@ytmloco]

Thanks for the explanations! In the moment the two third and four”s felt like the moments the SF team could have put the game away. In the moment, it felt like the offense had the wrong play called, and KC had the best defense. In a house rooting for SF, the failure to build a lead early and take advantage of KC mistakes. Created the outcome. I feel bad for everyone who was on the losing side. What a great game!

[@CharlieRogers50]

I said it before the game but I'll say it again. The Niners had the bigger names, but the Chiefs had the better team.

[@justinszabo5205]

bold take, heres the counterpoint: he blew it

[@83Zaccrow]

I 100% disagree, the goal of the game was to keep Mahomes off the field. No matter how good your Defense is, he seems to score regardless. How do you keep Mahomes off the field? Bleed the clock. How do you bleed the clock and still be effective? Run the ball. McCaffrey ended the game with 3.6 yards per carry, that's more than enough to get a first down after three plays. Not only that, bang on that Defense the entire game! Tire them out! That Def didn't have great depth after the Raven's game, pound the rock with the Offensive Player of the Year! Keep your Oline attacking and aggressive. When CMC is tired put your biggest back in and have them slam extra hard into that Def. over and over until you break their will. That way Mahomes is sitting on the sideline with zeros on the clock, not having done shit. A win is a win, it doesn't need to look pretty.

[@LacSlyer]

I don't think he did specific things that alone were responsible for the loss, but a glaring issue is the obvious inability to adjust to what the defense is doing by the offense via audibles and o-line adjustments. Whether that's because of their QB or their line being unable to read the defense, it's hindering their ability to take advantage of what the defense is doing as it's happening. That's all on the coaches. Especially when two of the biggest plays in the game you get a little too cute with the play calls and end up with two incomplete passes on third down that result in you taking a FG instead of a potential TD. The analysis is great to disprove the concept of all the MMQBs who think they just gave up on the run in the second half, but I do think they left a lot on the field because the Chiefs knew they wouldn't make adjustments to their defense on the fly.

[@travisoshea]

yea im sure you thought it was obvious and knew what to do. gotta love these all 22 gurus out there

[@choosecarefully408]

When people are stressed they can't think straight & seek relief & comfort. You know what ALWAYS feels comfortable? Familiar Things. Comfort food, music, even TV & movies. You will seek something from older times. This is because the part of your mind that reacts only regards Familiar Things as comfortable. Most NFL coaches go into a state where it's like they're tethered to a tiny space inside their own heads from which they can only access the Oldest Plays they ever learned: ergo the Most Familiar ones. While Shanahan isn't the worst at this, I've noticed he always seems to shift into some variation of this if he is up two scores after about five minutes into the 3rd quarter. With Jimmy G., the strangest thing he did was shut down the offense as if this was hockey & he thought you couldn't play good defense while trying to also score. This season he stopped that, but he _still shifted_ the play-calling. Regardless of what had been working before, it's as if he restarts a sequence as if that sequence is controlling him. What happened in the S-B was that he *partially* circled Familiar Plays. Deebo led the league in TAC but excels against zone coverage. Aiyuk is the man coverage specialist. As if tethered to what had worked in the 1st half, Shanahan called for Deebo after Spags switched to man coverage & this caused Shanahan _MORE_ stress, which caused him to call for that over & over again, as if he couldn't see what was happening on the field. Not my observation. I'm analytical, but I didn't have access to see what the defense had changed, but someone else caught that Shanahan kept calling plays that Had Worked Before. Shanahan's subconscious was seeking The Familiar when he needed to be seeking the effective. Andy Reid doesn't seem to do this At All: Mike McCarthy & Sean McDermott are WAY worse than Shanahan. Are all NFL coaches Irish?

[@travisoshea]

@@choosecarefully408 wow this couldn’t be more wrong. You definitely need to look into more of what Spags did as a defensive gameplan and what he did with the fronts and coverage and go look at what Kyke did to try to counter that.

[@choosecarefully408]

@@travisosheaI already did: or rather watched a video from someone who did. I don't have access to all the footage needed where you can see the entire field. I'm not linking it because I prefer not to link other Yt content creators' works on others' channels but I can point you to who it was if you like. The stuff about him seeming to shut the offense down in the 2nd half was my own observation & like I said, he stopped doing that. So it's not like I developed a preconceived notion & blocked out whatever didn't agree with it. I'm a problem-solver: I only look at problems to see if I can tweak or fix 'em, never to criticize. I think some of the problem may stem from his own training. He worked with his Dad & Mike had a _LOT_ of bad luck with owners who didn't understand any of this yet meddled. When owners are like that (Tepper, Jerry Jones) it's also possible they ask other employees to do a little spying. So Mike may have taught Kyle to keep everything to himself. This isn't bad for everyone. Andy Reid seems to handle this well. But most people get locked into internal spirals. As I mentioned, McCarthy & McDermott are two very obvious ones. Then you have your Brandon Staleys & Josh McDs who are simply too inept to be able to spot anything consistent.

[@travisoshea]

@@choosecarefully408 I’d love to see this creators video you are talking another. Please send it. I don’t think you really know what you are watching and same with this creator. There are many many content creators who also do not truly know playcalling, schemes, play design, and being “on flow” of the game live.

[@offtopicable]

For some reason I remember Purdy adjusting the line on at least one of the plays because Romo called it out - something like "he got him" (as Purdy motioned for someone on the line to shift to pick up a blitz at the last second before the snap). Or am I remembering wrong?

[@justicestyles]

You smoking crack if Shanahan does not get 51% of the blame … 😂

[@choosecarefully408]

Great observations. I tend to notice things generally, not in specific. Then again, I don't have access to all these views. In college we see defenders basically chase after the ball. In the NFL, coaches force them to stick to The Plan, be it zone or man coverage. What you showed almost makes it look like Spags can read minds _OR_ he allowed his players some autonomy because *_you_** spotted* those set-ups. So the players & coaches should have been able to as well. Shanahan _i_ one of the greats but he makes me feel as if he always thinks he'll have the presence of mind to adjust late in games, but instead just changes things because it's late, not because he adjusts to what's happening. It's like the PC in his head reboots. Good vid.

[@jamesteele5726]

Looks like you're on to something here. I see the same problem with Mike McDaniel, my coach. I think the next step, for Purdy and Tua, needs to be "helping the center with changing cadences and pass protection confirmation". I think this might help, however, they need to be like Peyton Manning, putting a lot of "fakes" out there to not give away when they are going to pass. If they can handle the extra work, the Qb's will help the center identify blitzes the center can't see.

[@Decal0327]

Kyle is a very good coach but gets too much credit because his dad's success. Yes he blew it and should be accountable. Don't fire your defensive coordinator who kept you in the game.

[@hopespringseternal2624]

I believe he blew it. That is the third time he has lost a Super Bowl.

[@robertweekes5783]

Holy crap. I learned _a lot_ about football from this analysis. Interesting 🧐

[@hockeyfan1799]

If Shanahan would've made Aiyuk the first option instead of Samuel, the 9ers would've been champions. He blew it.

[@lgsbharv5221]

As a Chiefs fan this made sooo much sense Kyle is scary good but so are the Chiefs Not going to be shocked if we see this rematch next year

[@docgeri]

Blame it on Wilks all you want but in the end, defense held Mahomes to 19 pts in regulation and offense underperformed all day.

[@jamesbohm3690]

Chiefs averaged 21.8 points per game this year. Everyone talking about 19 pts like Wilks stopped the Greatest Show on Turf, give me a break, they're a 'defense and field goal' team and have been all year

[@ericschmitz357]

Chiefs were clearly the better COACHED team. Teach Kyle to trust Purdy how to ID defense pre-snap and adjust blocking and or play pre-snap. SF offense is clearly too complicated for the O-line and too simplified for the QB to beat the Chiefs. Spaggs took advantage of the Shanahan system at key spots in the game...meanwhile, Reed saved both Mahomes and Kelce for when he would need them in the 2nd half.

[@billyfresh23]

one thing i never can understand about sports is why can’t people just give credit to the team that won the game? it’s always the refs fault, bad coaching, the team blew it, one play lost the game, etc. i understand people can’t consume sports without narratives but do you have to force the narratives all the time?

[@beaker8111]

16:23 This is the sequence that lost it for the niners. Why are you throwing here? This should have been a 4 down situation to get the first and you are running it 6 times in a row if you have to to get McCaffery in the end zone. Who made these calls? Kyle. It was his fault 100% that they lost. His team was not prepared for overtime. Who's job is that? Who called a pass on 3rd down instead of wasting another 40 seconds at the end of regulation? It's as predictable as the sunrise. CMC gets them all the way down the field averaging 4+ a carry, then when they really need it, Kyle gets cute with the offense calls a pass against an obvious blitz with weird personnel then settles for a field goal when it fails. Chicken shit. He couldn't be more responsible if he's have just gone and grabbed the trophy and handed it to Mahomes. You're totally wrong on this take.

[@jerrycoronado6887]

Chiefs played extremely well. But your examples are overshadowed by the fact that Shanahan is very pig headed in sticking to his script. He has continually kept running the ball when they’re 7 in the box (not this game but others during the season). No, the Chief’s defensive schemes were a factor but not the glaring ones. Shanahan inexplicably decided to pass 6 times after the interception of Mahomes in the first quarter. Why? No one has given a cogent answer to that one. On the play before the field goal before regulation time expired, the guard inexplicably decided to double team the tackle that enabled the chiefs to sack Purdy. Missed assignment, call you figure it out. No there were numerous head scratching calls by Shanahan that have plagued him over three SB’s where he has coached 1 OC Atlanta, 2 as HC at the 49ers. He is a good coach but not an elite one. If we continue with him there will be many more fits of woe.😢

[@rashadthornton5438]

This is excellent work!

[@CJStew06]

Who gets the blame for blown protections? Who gets the blame for ostentatious offensive play design? It's amazing how people run invent new hoops to jump through to explain away the fact that Kyle's offenses have scored 21, 20, and 19 in regulation of his 3 Super Bowl appearances. Or is that too basic?...

[@JWRame]

Kyle needed that corndog play on that 3rd n 4 😂

[@henrywc6494]

Yes he did. He did not trust his offense or QB on the 4th and 4. He got scared and kicked a field goal. He lost control of the game when it mattered most. To truly control the game you not only needed the td but also the 2pointer. In do or die moments, in the final moments people show you who they really are and he was scared and overanalyzed. It's also very arrogant, cocky and reckless to receive the ball first in OT but that wasn't the main problem.

[@frayoungblood5029]

This seems like a lot of Kyle doing big brian activities and caught adjust

[@ak203]

Ben you are completely right. This game could have easily gone to the 49ers and we'd be talking Shanahan's genius. Mahomes was very good only at the end, which was a good time to be good (finally!) but the 49ers played really well.

[@essentialeugene]

The 49ers won't win a Super Bowl under Shanahan.

[@ny3793]

He 100% blew it, the fact you kicked out the center who was blocking chris jones on a 3 and 4 to win the game is all you need to know. There’s a difference between being creative and doing something stupid. Motioning Mccaffrey 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage to run a go route is incredibly stupid.

[@CharlieRogers50]

Yeah, you guys should fire him.

[@brianbarnes-cocke9196]

Aren’t you talking about the play where Buford has already publicly said he screwed up and free-lanced?

[@nittypablo]

@@brianbarnes-cocke9196 yup he did lol ppl just hate Kyle and say he a choke artist blah blah blah, look at the end of the day he losing to the same team that’s dominating the ENTIRE LEAGUE

[@ThaBizzo1]

The cmc thing is called bumper motion and is used to go to an empty set quickly and not allow the defense to adjust their coverage. Also creates a horizontal stretch to make space for another route.

[@dirty.dan37]

He always does

[@andu1854]

He needs to let someone call the plays from now on, he sucks at it when the game is super on the line… second straight Super Bowl I felt they blew and Mahomes is amazing and maybe no one beats him, but also they caught some nice breaks, and the refs stopped calling holding… but o don’t have much confidence in Kyle right now and I don’t love a lynch, but Wilks wasn’t the main reason they lost and his game plan held them Under 20, but Kyle I hope is not brought back at end of contract

[@markb3786]

In the last six Super Bowls, there have been a total of seven O-line holding calls on BOTH teams. They rarely call it in the SB.

[@ny3793]

The play designs are just flat out bad, especially on protections. If you had a good coach in any of his Superbowl they win every one.

[@jamesbohm3690]

Mahomes vs Jimmy Garoppolo, yeah I'm sure any Joe Schmo good coach wins that matchup in their sleep

[@jclark4088]

This man didnt know the OT rules and didnt have his players ready for it in the biggest game of their lives. Yes, he blew it.

[@rodrigodamian7741]

Should’ve shown Deebo losing his routes, en route to being the LVP of the SB. 11 targets for 33yds 🥴

[@andu1854]

Time to move on, also Jennings impressed me and he should get more involvement in offense next season

[@ny3793]

He blew the overtime coin toss, just flat out stupid

[@jasoneng3161]

Not really, he chose to give the defense a rest because he believed it was a lower scoring game and they would be able to hold them to a fg or less

[@voxelation]

When a large number of simulations give the first receiving team a 50.19% chance of winning, it's a coin toss whether to go first or second.

[@aarondonald1611]

@@jasoneng3161 Makes no sense because he didn't go for it on 4th down in the redzone, decided to kick a field goal and give it back to Mahomes who can know win the game with a touchdown. That doesn't seem dumb to you?

[@aarondonald1611]

@@voxelation What about the real life situation that is giving Mahomes a chance to score a game winning touchdown? That changes the analytics a bit

[@voxelation]

@@aarondonald1611 It doesn't change the analytics. The analytics are what they are. You apply the analytics to the game situation. And the game situation was that the 49ers defense did not look good in the last two minutes of the 4th quarter. The only reason the Chiefs didn't score a game winning touchdown was because they ran out of time and had to settle for the field goal. You can choose to receive second, put your defense back out there, and they have to get a stop. If no stop, Chiefs get a touchdown, maybe go for 2, maybe not. Then the 49ers have to get a touchdown, maybe go for 2. But if it is a tied after both sides get the ball, it is sudden death, and now a field goal wins the game. That's why analytics gives the first receiving team a very slight advantage. Do I ever want to give Mahomes the chance to win at the end of the game? Probably not, but receiving either first or second, you have to stop Mahomes at least once, or you lose.

[@fredreed2001]

Don’t blame Kyle for losing the Super Bowl because he didn’t lose the game no. Kansas City just simply outplayed the 49ers. They have more experience on both offense and defense than the 49ers have. Don’t blame Brock Purdy either because he’s a great QB. He just doesn’t have that experience that can match up to Patrick Mahomes. You can blame Kyle all you want but the fact is that their defense just couldn’t stop the Chiefs at all. Stop blaming Kyle and just move on.