Garrappolo is better than a guy like Smith but what makes him better is also something that can be his downfall - Jimmy ain’t afraid to throw the ball. The dude will chuck it into triple coverage on occasion with no hesitation. His lack of fear is admirable, and he makes clutch throws at times, but he’s turnover prone, for sure. And our defense can absolutely exploit that.

If we can force turnovers, man. It’ll be massive.

I'm genuinely interested in what the crowd split will be. 9ers are a bigger market, but Mahomes is...Mahomes. It's gonna be interesting to see how many are pulling for which team.

As far as the 9ers go, it's nice to see that the best in the NFC will face the best in the AFC, undisputed. Sure, you'll have your Tit whiners saying stupid shit, and probably maybe some Seahawk fans saying the same, but if you were to ask who the best in each conference was, it's us and the 9ers.

You want to be the best, beat the best. They have a great running game and a stout as hell defense. We have a solid to great defense and an other-worldly offense, led by the best player in the league. I like our chances on a neutral site. One thing's for sure...it's gonna be a great game.

GO CHIEFS!!

Thanks and I look at that game as what I might expect the Chiefs offense to do because they are pretty similar. Not worried about Ford we know what that choker will do.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unpopular opinion: the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chiefs</a> defense is just as good as the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#49ers</a> defense. <br><br>Season:<br>-Sacks: SF-48 KC-45<br>-QB hits: SF-93 KC-96<br>-INT: SF-12 KC-16<br>-PD: SF-74 KC-65<br><br>Since week 11:<br>-Rush ypg allowed: SF-101.7 KC-93.6<br>-Pass ypg allowed: SF-203.9 KC-235.9<br>-Ppg: SF-23.4 KC-15.5</p>&mdash; Brett (@Bski64) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bski64/status/1219431267600453632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He may have a quick release and clutch on 3rd down, but I haven't seen any much evidence that he could carry a team if the running game isn't working.

So that's my theory to start off the game to nullify SF's game, and hope that the Chiefs offense can get up to 2 or 3 possession game, that SF may be forced to abandon their run game to try to keep up with KC.

Has there been a game where Garopollo has carried the 49'ers, this season? Not being snarky or anything like that, I just never really pay much attention to SF's games that much. I just know that Shanahan is somewhat like his father, and he also utilizes a lot of shifting/motions to create mismatches.

But what I do acknowledge is their defense, they're very good. That will be a problem.

Yea, I think the Chiefs offense is quite a bit better than the Saints honestly.

Its not Ford you have to worry about, its Bosa.

Then you should probably leave because we wish injuries on our own players like Alex Smith. :D

Tend to think the Niners will use the Belichick strategy of jamming the receivers at the line. It's their best chance to disrupt timing on the routes and then hope Mahomes won't be able to make a play before their pass rush is able to get him.

Haha, guess I should take back that classy fan base comment then. :jester:

Honestly, as upstanding Chief's fans, we all should be creating sock 49er fan accounts on IG & twitter & mercilessly trolling as many Chief's players as possible.

Every ounce of motivation counts.

Don’t let facts get in the way of narratives!

Schwartz has gone up against Joey 2x a year for several years now. Will be interesting to see if that experience helps him.


Yeah. He should not find the did, does, and always will ... Alex Smith thread.

I'm by no means bashing the defense, but the stats past week 11 just don't paint an accurate picture I don't think.

The 49ers in that time played Arizona, Green Bay, Baltimore, New Orleans, Atlanta, LA(Rams), and Seattle.

The Chiefs in that time played LA(Chargers), Bye Week, Oakland, New England, Denver, Chicago, LA(Chargers).

Which list of offenses would you rather face?

I'm sure the Chiefs had some key injuries as well, I don't know for sure, but the 49ers were missing 3 of their top defenders for most of that stretch, all of which are back now.

Again, not bashing the Chiefs defense at all, but cherry picking the Week 11 stats just doesn't make sense to me.

That is a good point, how does Joey typically do against ya'll? I'm sure that experience is a plus though. Also going to have familiarity with what Ford likes to do.