Patrick Mahomes I headed for the NFL iconic status in the Super Bowl LIV If the 49er Sterling defense can stop him

Patrick Mahomes I headed for the NFL iconic status in the Super Bowl LIV If the 49er Sterling defense can stop him

Patrick Mahomes quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs, is a football magician. In the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, Mahomes Tennessee Titans tore his nimble feet and graceful arm sent Kansas City to its first Super Bowl in 50 years. Super Bowl LIV in Miami on February 2nd, the leaders meet the San Francisco 49ers, crushing the Green Bay Packers in the NFC title game and a sixth Super Bowl win seeking franchise history, but the first in a quarter century. Mahomes looks set to be the face of the NFL for the next decade or more. He is a unique thrill in the field and already a darling of Madison Avenue: Can you found in the State Farm and Head & Shoulders commercials during league games this weekend. He bounced into a position of his sport like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning did. On Sunday Mahomes, 24, showed why he earned iconic status on the board if it has not already (a Super Bowl trophy will only guarantee.) At the end of the first half, with Kansas City trailing Tennessee 17-14 Mahomes, scrambled eggs away from pressure, tiptoed a few Titans defenders aside before the sprint. It would be inside the five-yard line, where many quarterbacks on pushed warranty. would-be tacklers Mahomes instead of a clutch of Tennessee spun by the end of an incredible 27-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter on a crucial third-down play with just under eight minutes in the game, and Kansas City holding a 28-17 advantage, hung Mahomes a beauty of its hind feet wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Watkins caught to end a 60-yard TD strike the ball to the point: KC won the game 35-24. Across the Super Bowl line of scrimmage, defensive pounds of San Francisco looking Mahomes to delay imminent transcendence. The 49ers defense is loaded, especially forward. In four of the last five NFL draft, they selected defensive lineman in the first round. These decisions paid off: the young defense, helmed by artists like rookie Nick Bosa and fifth year player Arik Armstead, had 10 sacks this season, kept Green Bay only 62 rushing yards in 37-20 win over Green Bay. But guests do not tell the whole story; San Francisco led 27-0 going into halftime. San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo when Tom Brady in New England heir, did not even do much on Sunday: he only eight passes against the Packers, threw for 77 yards completed six of them will. running back Raheem Mostert more worn than the load. Although Mostert rushed for 100 or more yards only once in the regular season, he has turned in a record day of surprises at the World Cup game on Sunday, finishing with 220 yards and four touchdowns. In fact, in the first half, Mostert became the first player in NFL history to finish a half with 150 yards and three touchdowns least. This trip full Super Bowl a surprising turn for the 49ers, who finished just a year before 4-12. At the beginning of 2017 made San Francisco a former NFL defensive back John Lynch, who worked as an announcer for FOX, as general manager. The step was observed with the proper skepticism, as Lynch had never worked in a front office. But now the reigning NFL Executive of the Year. In San Francisco pass defense, teams of only 4.8 yards per attempt net this season, the lowest mark in the league will be tested against Mahomes held in Miami. The leaders and their loyal fans are countless playoffs pain suffered since the last franchise Super Bowl win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in 1970 in San Francisco five Super Bowls during the Joe Montana-Jerry Rice, Steve Young Dynasty 1980 and 1990. It ‘s time for the 49ers a new chapter to be written. But only if they contain Mahomes, and its magic.
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