Patrick Mahomes has every right to be the most reliable player in the National Football League. After the Chiefs quarterback led Kansas City to a 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, Mahomes felt some well-deserved confidence after his team won its first Super Bowl game in overtime, forcing the team to change the playoff rules. showed it. “What I mean is they changed the rule to make it both ways,” Mahomes told ESPN’s Chris Berman and Booger McFarland after the win. “I don’t know how things will turn out this time.
“Mahomes drops the mic.Mahomes’ thoughts are clear. The NFL approved changes to the overtime rules for 2022 after the Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round. In that game, the Chiefs won the coin toss in overtime, kicked the kickoff and scored the game-winning field goal on their first possession. Now, after the rule change, both teams will have a chance to have the ball, even if the team that went into overtime has the first possession.
The 49ers lost an overtime thriller Sunday at Allegiant Stadium after winning the toss and taking extra balls. With both teams likely to have the ball in overtime, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s decision drew a lot of backlash.Bosses won’t do that. Coach Andy Reid, defensive tackle Chris Jones and Mahomes said they would have sent the game to overtime if Kansas City had won the toss.
By the second possession, the Chiefs knew they had to score. The 49ers converted their only field goal in overtime.”When the defense got stops and threw the ball, I was confident we were going to come out and win,” Mahomes said. As the MVP of Super Bowl LVIII and a three-time champion, he had every right to feel confident.
