Bad coaching’ reason for 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII loss not Brock Purdy, ex-NFL star says

Purdy had a decent performance but the 49ers lost in overtime

As the San Francisco 49ers stormed to a Super Bowl appearance in the playoffs, former NFL player Cam Newton was among many who criticized Brock Purdy’s performance.

In Super Bowl LVIII, Purdy did OK against the Kansas City Chiefs. He completed 23 of 38 passes for 255 passing yards and one score. He was fired just once.

In his “4th & 1” podcast, Newton cleared Purdy of all blame for the 49ers’ 25-22 defeat. He blamed it on the coaching choices and San Francisco’s choice to start the overtime period with the ball in hand.

“That’s not Brock Purdy, field goal versus touchdown,” said the former quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. “Why the devil did they get the ball ahead of them? Tony Romo brought up the point that you now have four downs, not three, to get what you need to know.

“All the 49ers wanted was to score points. Furthermore, that is poor coaching; Brock Purdy is not to blame for it. The number of persons who were exposed was excessive. They were ignorant of the actual overtime regulations.”

Purdy “played good enough for” Newton to add his squad to triumph.”

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The former NFL MVP argued that the 49ers players’ ignorance of the overtime regulations was a major issue. Several players acknowledged this following the match.

“What do you know? “I was unaware that the playoff regulations were altered during overtime,” 49ers wide receiver Kyle Juszczyk stated following the match, as reported by ESPN. I’m assuming that all you want is for the ball to go for a touchdown and win. That must not be the case. I’m not really sure what the plan is there. No, we hadn’t discussed it.

Niners’ line of defense Even Arik Armstead was ignorant of the regulations.

It surprised me since I was unaware of the new playoff overtime regulation me “, according to ESPN. “I didn’t even really know what was going on in terms of that.”

Coach Kyle Shanahan suggested he had a strategy for overtime.

“If both teams matched and scored, we wanted to be the ones with the chance to go win it,” he stated. “We wanted to keep them to at least a field goal, and we got that one. If we did, we thought we had it after all.”