Los 49ers They came close to achieving it last year by reaching the NFL Championship Game, but were ultimately defeated by the Chiefs in overtime, losing the coveted Vince Lombardi. The defeat, as for many teammates, was difficult to swallow for the QB. Brock Purdywho recently admitted that San Francisco was so lonely “A couple of plays away from winning Super Bowl LVIII“. We have the details at First and Ten.
Brock Purdy: “Just a couple of plays away from winning SB LVIII”
Brock Purdy mentioned for KPIX that getting married shortly after the Super Bowl gave the quarterback a short breath of the frustrations that come with losing the game to Vince Lombardi in overtime, but once started watching the tapes of the game of his defeat against the Chiefs with the HC Kyle Shanahan and the quarterbacks coach, Brian Griesefrustration grew, as did the desire to return to the Super Bowl.
“Once we got back into OTAs and stuff, watching the Super Bowl again with Shanahan and Griese and all the guys, it was like, wow, I was really there,” Purdy said. “We were a couple of plays away from winning itYou have to learn from that, you have to raise your head again, work and try to get it againIt was hard, I remember that and I think: ‘I wish we could have achieved itwe would have done it, but that’s life, so now we have to respond.”
Bookmakers, as well as fans and experts, still have San Francisco as the favorites to win the NFC Championship in the 2024 season, so an eventual return to Super Bowl LIX would be expected. However, once again, and to no one’s surprise, it is the Chiefs who, according to the same bookmakers, are the overwhelming favorites to win it all and take home the third championship, a mission that the 49ers and 30 other NFL teams are trying to prevent.
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