49ers/Ravens had more talent.
Ravens went down 10 and just collectively hit the panic button late 2nd/early 3rd. abandoned the run (which they were only historically great at) and said OK LAMAR U THE MVP GO OUT AND HERO BALL US TO VICTORY.
I think I might have figured out Purdy or Shanahan or both (or LOL neither). When Purdy is playing well Shanahan makes him better. The offense is humming and you just don't know where the ball is going. The QB looks like montana, the coach the 2nd coming of Walsh, Debo/Auik/CMC an unstoppable trio of pain.
When Purdy is in a funk Shanahan gets all galaxy brained OH HO HO, HES NOT FEELING IT, WELL THEN GUESS WHAT I BET THE OTHER TEAM THINKS WE'LL GIVE THE BALL TO THE BEST RB IN THE NFL, BUT NO THEY'LL NEVER SUSPECT THAT WE ARE GONNA JUST KEEP PASSING! and makes Purdy worse.
The 3rdQ playcalling by SF was a turd sandwich for the ages. Purdy was shook (his face never hides it well) and in fairness usually just needs a drive or 2 to settle down and they just kept passing it. It go so predictable that by late in the 3rd on 1st down: PA to CMC only the KC D just ignored CMC and went straight after Purdy.
KC, they just never lost it despite a stretch of 0 pts for almost 4 quarters. It was just OK Pat, its gonna be a tough day, just grind it out, figure out what works and don't forget to hand the ball off. We just need u to be good for 5-10 minutes. Inevitably they figured out quick dink and dunk passing is gonna keep the DL away (all the while still running the ball). They won the way the won all year, just grinding out games.
