SUPER BOWL LIV

Super Bowl LIV in Miami, FL

Kickoff between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is at 4:00 PM (MT) today on… FOX?!!!!!

Oh… the network slogan is true… “Watch Fox and be damned for all eternity!”

I’m going to keep this short and sweet.

I’m picking Kansas City to the Super Bowl.

San Francisco winning won’t surprise me giving their defensive line led by Defensive Rookie of the Year Nick Bosa, the revived career of cornerback Richard Sherman, tight end George Kittle, and their running back by committee. In the two playoff games, Jimmy Garoppolo has thrown for 191 yards which is almost unheard of in the pass heavy NFL today.

It looks like coach Kyle Shanahan learned the lessons from Super Bowl LI and the importance of a running game. His father, Mike, was coach of the Denver Broncos who led them to back-to-back championships in the 1990s and was buoyed by Terrell Davis running behind a powerful offensive line.

Miami holds a special place for the Shanahans. The last 49ers Super Bowl win was 25 years ago when Mike Shanahan was their offensive coordinator and saw Steve Young finally get the monkey off his back with a six-touchdown pass performance in a 49-26 destruction of the Chargers. Four years later, Mike was the Broncos head coach when they won their second Super Bowl in a 34-19 win over the Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII.

However, things are looking like they are aligning for the first Chiefs championship since 1969.

Kansas City has been on an eight-game winning streak that included a Week 17 win over the Chargers at home that coincided with the Patriots losing to Miami and elevated the Chiefs to the 2-seed. Kansas City rallied from two double-digit deficits in their playoff games, trailing 24-0 against the Texans to win 51-31 and trailing the Titans 10-0 to win the Lamar Hunt Trophy 35-24.

I also like Patrick Mahomes with the way he plays with controlled chaos. I think the 49ers will have a tough time containing Mahomes as well as the other offensive skill players the Chiefs have. All of this will lead to a Chiefs championship.

CHIEFS 35, 49ERS 31

MVP: Patrick Mahomes QB

NON-QB MVP: Travis Kelce TE