During the most crucial stage of the season—the Super Bowl overtime—a number of 49ers were ignorant of the NFL’s regulations.
The first NFL game to be played under the new overtime regulations, which guarantee a possession to each team, was Super Bowl 58.
San Francisco chose to receive the kickoff after winning the overtime coin toss. There had been no discussion about this rule change before the game, according to a number of 49ers players.
“I was unaware that the playoff regulations differed in overtime,” stated Kyle Juszczyk, an All-Pro fullback for San Francisco. I’m assuming that all you want is for the ball to go for a touchdown and win. That must not be the case. No, we hadn’t discussed it.
“I didn’t even know about the new playoff overtime rule, so it was a surprise to me,” Armstead stated. “I wasn’t even fully aware of what was happening in that regard. When it was displayed on the scoreboard, everyone said, “Oh, the Chiefs still have a chance even if they score.”
But according to San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan, the choice to receive the overtime kickoff was predetermined.
Shanahan says, “We wanted the ball third.” “If both teams matched and scored, we wanted to have the chance to go win.”
However, Andy Reid and the Chiefs have a different game plan. The head coach of Kansas City was questioned on Monday about his course of action if the Chiefs had won the coin toss in overtime.
