The Chiefs and 49ers face off on Sunday, February 11th in Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas for Super Bowl 58. The Chiefs beat the Ravens in the AFC championship Game with a final score of 17-10. The 49ers came back from a score of 24-7 at halftime. The 49ers marched back into the game and defeated the Lions with a score of 34-31. The Chiefs are looking for their fourth super bowl win of all time. And their third super bowl win in the Mahomes and Kelce era. Brock Purdy and the 49ers are looking for their sixth Super Bowl all time. If the 49ers win they will tie the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers for all time super bowl wins. This game will be a rematch of the 2020 super bowl which the Chiefs prevailed over the 49ers with a win.
The Chief's young offense has played excellent toward the end of the season. Patrick Mahomes has passed for 718 yards in the postseason Mahomes has yet to throw an interception this postseason. He holds the record for most playoff games without an interception with six straight playoff games. Isiah Pacheco the Chiefs exceptional running back has kept enough attention on him for the defense to not only defend the passing game of the chiefs he has run for 254 yards in the postseason. Travis Kelce has had an excellent career for the Chiefs and he hopes to add a third ring to his collection of two Travis has received for 262 yards in the playoffs. Travis Kelce is one of the most dynamic tight ends of all time. He always seems to find a way to get open and is unpredictable to guard.
The Chiefs have a defense that they can rely on this season especially with their young offense. The Chiefs defense has had its ups and downs all season. They have not seemed overly dominant but they have clutch and have put the rest of the team on their backs especially lately and was shown in the AFC championship game where the Chiefs offense didn’t score all second half but despite that they held an on fire Ravens offense to ten points.
49ers QB Brock Purdy (the last pick in the NFL draft in 2022) transformed from a third string quarterback to a starting quarterback and has helped his team to a super bowl appearance. Purdy has been criticized for not being the fastest, strongest, or the best quarterback in the NFL, but one thing is is extremely good at is managing the game. He is really good at being there for his team when they need him. For example, late in the Lions game, he led them down the field to win the game with little time left on the clock. The rest of the 49ers offense is stacked. Christian McCaffrey has only rushed for 188 yards in the postseason, but unlike the Chiefs, the 49ers were the one seed so they had to only play two games instead of three. Another dangerous component to the 49ers offense is Deebo Samuel. The wideout has only 113 yards in the playoffs but he still is a phenomenal player that will need to play well if the 49ers want to pull off a win.
The 49ers defense was said and is still said to be one of the best in the NFL, but it has not looked great in the playoffs so far. The defense still has loads of talent with guys like Dre Greenlaw and Fred Warner. Dre Greenlaw has two interceptions in the playoffs so far. Fred Warner also has two tackles for loss and 20 total tackles.
All things considered the Chiefs and 49ers is a great super bowl matchup that will most likely come down to who has the ball last. Somethings that the 49ers need to do to get the win are… playing a solid defensive game keeping the Chiefs offense somewhat under control, they need to come in with a good drawn up game plan for the Chiefs defense and one last thing is they need to stay within themselves and not force the ball down the field. Some things that the Chiefs need to do to win are… first off they need to shutdown the running game of the 49ers and not let Christian McCaffrey get past them and the last thing they need to do is to not be one dimensional and only rely on the passing game. Overall, I think that you can’t count the Chiefs out and the Chiefs will win 27-24 in a nail biter.