Kyle Shanahan vs Patrick Mahomes
Who will win this upcoming Super Bowl between two very different offensive systems?
The upcoming Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs is a really interesting one on multiple levels.
For fans of pop culture, there’s the Taylor Swift connection and whichever direction you want to take that. I imagine ratings for this game are going to crush even by Super Bowl standings, I can’t tell you how many people I know or have heard from who’s interest in the NFL has been greatly increased due to the Swift connection. For myself, I have little to add here and am not super interested in developing a take about her involvement in this game.
Okay, maybe I have one, I’d much rather she do the halftime show than whatever past-their-prime artist who was popular when millennials like me were young is being trotted out. As much as I found the emphasis on past their prime boomer entertainers silly in previous Super Bowls, the transition toward artists I didn’t particularly love in my youth who are now old might be worse. Unintentional comedy of a much heavier and old 50 cent hanging upside down from a pole aside, this overall feels like an L for us viewers.
Anyways, there other takes as well to be had. Patrick Mahomes’ legacy and pursuit of Tom Brady as the GOAT of NFL quarterbacks, Kyle Shanahan’s legacy if he loses another Super Bowl, Mr Irrelevant Brock Purdy, etc.
Here’s the takes I’m interested in, the specific tactics of these two teams and how they’ll contrast and shape the outcome of this game. The outcome will settle all that other stuff and it won’t be determined by Purdy’s place in the draft or Mahomes’ ring count. Let’s dive in…
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