Sorrowful news: the San Francisco 49ers have recently lost their most talented player, resulting in a significant setback for the team and ultimately leading to the suspension of the head coach.

Sorrowful news: the San Francisco 49ers have recently lost their most talented player, resulting in a significant setback for the team and ultimately leading to the suspension of the head coach.

Sad to hear: the 49ers of San Francisco have lost their best player, which has caused a serious blow to the squad and ultimately resulted in the head coach’s suspension.

After yet another late lead lost, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s third trip to the Super Bowl ended with a massive letdown on Sunday night.

At the young age of 44, the San Francisco 49ers coach is one of the most prominent personalities in the game because of his wide coaching tree and offense that teams attempt to emulate.

After San Francisco blew two late leads to lose 25-22 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Sunday, he just doesn’t have a Super Bowl title.

“It doesn’t matter if you fail. It stings to lose Super Bowls, especially the ones you thought you might win,” Shanahan remarked. “I believe that every team in the NFL should suffer until the very end, with the exception of one.” Although we’ve come very close, we haven’t succeeded. We’re in pain at the moment.”

Shanahan’s 49ers lost this game after blowing a 10-point lead against Kansas City in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl four years prior, and they also suffered a more significant setback in the 2016 season while he was Atlanta’s offensive coordinator. That game, the Falcons let a 25-point lead slip away and fell to New England 34-28 in overtime.

Given that the 49ers were the top team in the league for the majority of the season and were ready to give Shanahan his first title, this most recent one may be the hardest to accept.

“When you go against guys like Tom Brady and Pat Mahomes, you never feel comfortable with a lead,” Shanahan stated. “Those guys are two of the best to ever play the game.”

Shanahan became the first head coach in Super Bowl history to blow two double-digit leads, though, as the Niners blew a 10-point lead in the first half and then failed to hang on to two more three-point advantages in the closing minutes.

In the 2021 NFC title game against the Rams, his 49ers also squandered a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, tying him for the most blown double-digit leads by a coach in NFL history.

In the last 1:53 of regulation, Mahomes drove for a field goal that tied the score. Later, in overtime, when Shanahan chose to receive the ball first, Mahomes connected with Mecole Hardman for a touchdown throw.

On third-and-4 from the 9, Chris Jones forced Brock Purdy to throw an incomplete pass, which was all the Niners could muster up in the form of a field goal by Jake Moody.

“It looked like there was a protection bust up the middle,” Shanahan stated. “Our destination was Jauan (Jennings). Jauan appeared to have slain him very decisively (en route). However, Chris Jones lost control in the middle. I believe an error was made. I’m not certain. It’s obvious that he’s difficult to block.”

Then, San Francisco’s defense was unable to stop Mahomes, which gave him the opportunity to use his legs to convert a fourth and a third down.

After faking across the formation in motion and reversing field, Mahomes then found Hardman wide open, sending the Niners home with a loss.