I talked about how Niners might have some advantages over the Chiefs defense but now we shift over to the other side of the coin where we could possibly see the old explosive Chiefs offense from the past regain form against the 49ers defense. Patrick Mahomes thrives against zone defenses and who predominantly plays their coverages in zone? That would be the 49ers. In the past 2 games, Jared Goff and Jordan Love picked on the Niners secondary in those 2 playoff games. A much more efficient QB such as Mahomes will pick those soft zones apart if given time. The Niners unfortunately don't have good cover corners to play man to man. Another point of emphasis is the pass rush. Pressure rate is not quite the same compared to 2019 when 49ers had players like Deforest Buckner and Dee Ford on that D-line. In their place they have an underachieving gang of pass rushers for hire in Chase Young and Randy Gregory. Niners will likely decide to stick with rushing four as they don't blitz much and it's useless to blitz against one of the best . Mahomes should have enough time in the pocket to dissect and find Rashee Rice or Travis Kelce. Then there's Pacheco. Niners run defense has looked a bit iffy for the past month allowing 5.63 ypc since week 15(not counting the finale against Rams). Niners defensive coordinator Steve Wilks is going to have 2 weeks to come up with a plan but I just don't see him coming up with much of anything. I am worried about this 49ers defense heading into the Super Bowl. They will need some timely turnovers by Mahomes and coaching gaffes by Andy Reid but Fat chance they'll let the game slip away like the Packers and Lions did.
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(to be continued)
til next season . Thanks bro GL 
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