Well we are one day away from the big game. I am sure you are all as excited as I am. The 49ers have been the best team in the NFC all year. Meanwhile, the Chiefs waited until the playoffs to finally play good functional football. It’s a rematch of 4 years ago. All the Super Bowl hoopla is behind us and it is almost game time. Here are some final thoughts and my official prediction of the game. 

1. What’s at stake:

The 49ers were once 5-0 in the Super Bowl but haven’t won one since 1994. They are 0-2 since Steve Young and the gang hoisted the Lombardi. Kyle Shanahan is regarded as one of the best coaches in the league but doesn’t have a championship and has a big blown lead as a head coach and offensive coordinator. Also, their window isn’t closing but it will get harder. They will have to start paying or replacing some of their younger players. Brock Purdy is probably not going to keep playing for 800k a year. So this is a big opportunity for them to get a win in before things get hard salary cap wise. On the flip side, the Chiefs have somehow managed to get to the big game for the 4th time in 5 years with the highest paid QB in the league. A dynasty is on the line because if you win 3 and 2 in a row that apparently is what a dynasty is. Andy would leap a few coaches in the greatest coach category and Pat would solidify himself as no worse than 3rd greatest QB ever after playing only 6 years. CBS has shots of Taylor Swift on the field after the game at stake. 

2. Underdogs all around:

The Chiefs are underdogs according to Vegas for the 3rd game in a row. They are already 2-0 and they are ridiculously good as underdogs as I mentioned earlier this week. They relish the role and they have also become the villain somehow so anyone that is not a Chiefs fan or a swift fan, is going to be cheering against them. But now the 49ers can be the underdog because everyone is picking the Chiefs. This is mostly due to the fact that they are tired of picking against them and losing. Even the hated Skip Bayless picked the Chiefs. Although I believe this is mostly so he can argue with Richard Sherman on Monday. Some guy named Craig Carton is adamantly against us apparently since his clips keep showing up on my Facebook feed. He works for FS1 so he has learned that divisive takes are the only ones that count in this business. But other than him, the predictions are highly in favor of the Chiefs. Whoever wins is going to talk about how everyone is against them so that is fun.

3. The Halftime show will suck:

Usher wasn’t good 20 years ago. He hasn’t gotten better. If LiL John doesn’t make an appearance it will be even worse than expected. I am sure he will have some surprises and I saw a rumor that Justin Bieber might make an appearance. So it could be a whole chorus of formerly popular creepy men. Can’t wait.

4. Some commercials will be woke and some people will complain:

The Commercials used to be the fun part of the Super Bowl until they all stopped trying to be funny and instead started to push an agenda. I don’t really care what the agenda is. I do care about laughing. Luckily, about the same time this started happening, the Chiefs started winning so I didn’t care that much. This year is no different. But I am sure there will at least be a few commercials that will put half the nation into an outraged state. My wife is very passionate about some of these things. So I wait for her to tell me what I am no longer allowed to buy or which stores I am no longer allowed to shop in. I don’t care about those things but I do care about my wife being happy. Much easier to get a different beer than it is to get a different wife.

5. No matter what happens…Jeff’s sad time is coming:

As much as I love the Chiefs winning and them being in the Super Bowl, football is almost over. Sure there is Free Agency and the draft but overall this will be my sad sports time until next fall when it all starts again. But this is also what is great about football. Baseball, Basketball, Hockey are all extremely long seasons. I have never uttered the words “it’s already over?” about any of those sports. But I already can’t wait for the next football season. 

The Big Game:

Well, lets get too it. This game should be a great one. The 49ers have been playing close games lately and the Chiefs only play close games. There are stars and story lines all over the field and even in the stands. You couldn’t ask for a better game. Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will be on the call and much like the Chiefs, Romo was once loved and now hated for some reason. The stage is set and after all this week’s shenanigans I am sure the teams are as ready as ever to actually play football. This will be a back and forth battle. Both teams are great and I think it will be close to the end. 

Reasons for the 49ers to have hope:

They have the best roster in football. They have the best offensive player in football. They have the best skill players in football. They have good edge rushers against the Chiefs terrible tackles. The game is on CBS. The Chiefs are 0-1 in the Super Bowl on CBS and 2-0 on Fox. They are due.

Reasons for the Chiefs to have hope:

Patrick Mahomes. Best defense the Chiefs have had in a long time and the best second half defense in the league. Playoff Kelce. Andy Reid, Spags and did I mention Patrick Mahomes. They are a more balanced team than they have been in the past. They got Taylor Swift cheering for them. I’ll have my Mahomes jersey on…and oh yeah, they got Patrick Mahomes. 

Prediction:

The 49ers will want to get off to a fast start which they have failed to do the last 2 games. Meanwhile the Chiefs have started fast but had trouble scoring in the second half all year.  I think the Chiefs get on the board first with a td and then the 49ers answer with a field goal. The Chiefs answer back with a fg of their own. After a couple of punts back and forth, the 49ers tie it up with a td. The chiefs get a fg to close out the half and lead 13-10. The 49ers get the ball to start the second half and drive down to take the lead 17-13. The Chiefs go 3 and out and the 49ers drive again but the defense holds and they have to settle for a fg. After a few punts back and forth, the Chiefs drive down and Mahomes hits Kelce to tie it up at 20. The 49ers are on the move but stall out around the 50 yard line. They decide to pin the Chiefs deep with 4 and half minutes to go. Mahomes leads them on a meticulous Brady like drive eating up the entirity of the clock to set up Butker for a 34 yard field goal that he kicks perfectly through the upright for a Chiefs victory. Mahomes is MVP and the Chiefs win back to back for the first time in nearly 20 years and a Dynasty is finalized. 

Chiefs 23 49ers 20