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The confetti has now been swept away, the NFC Championship trophy is resting well in its gla s home, and it's time for the to get back to work. The next and final task at hand is a daunting one, where they'll be asked to put the clamps on the and reigning MVP in LIV.Owners of the most dominant defense in the land and an offense that can dictate the pace of games in the air or on the ground -- the latter evidenced by the in
Shawn Marion Jersey their victory over the to land a ticket to Miami -- the 49ers match up magnificently against the high-powered Chiefs, but the one thing they can't afford to do is get complacent at any point in the coming battle. It's something the learned the hard way after having been spotted 24 points in the AFC Divisional Round but, more importantly, it's a le son learned years prior by head coach Kyle Shanahan.Shanahan was the offensive coordinator for the during the 2016 season, a year that saw named league MVP en route to squaring off against the in Super Bowl LI. The initial
Langston Galloway Jersey game plan was orchestrated and executed to perfection, leading to a blasphemous 28-3 lead against the almighty duo of Bill Belichick and , but then the wheels came off for Atlanta. In the end, the Falcons went on to lose 38-28 as the Patriots powered through to deliver the biggest comeback victory in Super Bowl history.Now returned to the Big Game for the second time in four years and the first as a head coach, Shanahan is reliving the gut-wrenching memories of February 2017. " ," Shanahan told media one day after grilling the Cheese in the NFC Championship Game at Levi's Stadium, via Pro Football Talk. "Losing a Super Bowl is extremely tough for everybody, especially when you lose one when you have a 28-3 lead. ...The way it came down on me personally, I didn't react to that, I think, the way people would expect -- because there were definitely parts in that Super Bowl that I would love to have back and stuff I was very hard on myself -- but the whole narrative of if I would've just ran it, we would've won, I know that wasn't the case."Shortly after, Shanahan was headed west at the behest of new 49ers general
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