49ers Stars Had No Idea About Super Bowl Overtime Rules, What Their Strategy Was

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has taken a lot of flak online since his team’s Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Many have second-guessed the coach’s decision to take the ball first in overtime, blaming that move for the 49ers’ 25-22 defeat.

After the game, Shanahan explained his rationale, telling reporters that if both teams scored on their drives and one team had a chance at a third possession, he wanted it to be his.

But two San Francisco players admitted after the heartbreaking loss that the new overtime rules in the playoffs were news to them.

49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk told reporters after the game that as far as he understood the situation, if his team scored a touchdown in overtime, the game would have ended there — just as it would have in a regular season game.

“You know, I didn’t even that the playoff rules were different in overtime,” Juszczyk said. “So I assumed you just want the ball because you score a touchdown and win, but I guess that’s not the case.

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