MIAMI — The 49ers choked. No nice way to put it.
They had a 10-point lead with 6:23 left in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV and collapsed, lost 31-20 to the Chiefs. Controlled the game for 54 minutes and still lost by 11 points.
What a brutal way to end a magical season in which the 49ers never lost by more than three points until the Super Bowl.
They choked.
“They were better than us today,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said of the Chiefs.
Except, the Chiefs weren’t better than the 49ers Sunday night. The 49ers beat themselves. They averaged a whopping 6.4 yards per carry, and still lost. Intercepted Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes twice, and still lost.
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