Originally posted by captveg:
They weren't a great team. They were a HOT team. Their season stats were good, but not great for a SB winner - 10th in points on offense, 13th for points allowed on defense. SF was 11th in points scored and 2nd in points allowed. The defensive falloff due to the Smiths being worn down came up against an offense that was playing above its year average. Don't forget the defense played a similar game against Atlanta - bad first half, good second half. The hole was dug too deep in the SB.
Ravens are the worst SB winner this millennium. But the anti Kyle people are all Jim apologists so they pretend the Ravens were unbeatable so the standard they set for Kyle can't be applied to him.
John Harbaugh can't beat KC right now with Lamar Jackson. Yet somehow a mediocre SB winning team from a decade ago with a far inferior QB is better than a 3 time SB winning dynasty.
[ Edited by 9ers4eva on Sep 5, 2024 at 2:19 AM ]