Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
A motivated team who wanted to take us out bad with an extreme fast defense and a defensive coordinator that knows Kyle very well. What's your expectation?
How would you rate the Chiefs O-line play in that Super Bowl with us? Yet somehow they won.
You're willing a SB with elite QB play first and foremost. You support elite QBs with quality pass protection, skill position guys, and timely defense. But the elite QB play is the best bet. Dallas had elite OL play for years and could do nothing with it because they didn't have the elite QB. Us making the final leap will be more about Purdy or Lance than any of factor.
He ignores the Chiefs average O line in 2019. Ignores their terrible playoff performance vs the Bengals this year. Can't differentiate the 9ers o line from Chiefs o line against Bucs as if they are exactly the same.
Cowboys are the perfect example. As are the Colts.
The average OL who stymied our epic 2019 DL we still use as the gold standard and rendered the 70-sack Eagles DL useless? And when they didn't have that, Mahomes looked like a 5 year old boy playing hero ball in his backyard and lost big to an OL that didn't get Brady touched? Yeah. It matters in the end. Greatly.
You two can minimize it all you want and hope a 49er QB can magically transcend it. Let us know when that happens in the real world.
As to the original question, do you think we improved upon this annual playoff issue (no matter the QB)? If so, great. If not, state so. And if not, state why you think it will be overcome for #6.
[ Edited by NCommand on Jun 23, 2023 at 4:45 PM ]