Jerick McKinnon Keys Kansas City Chiefs Victory Against Former Team In Super Bowl LIV Rematch

Sunday’s sport towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs was billed as a Tremendous Bowl LIV revenge sport for the San Francisco 49ers.

However it additionally represented a grudge match for Chiefs working again Jerick McKinnon.

“Man, you understand it did,” McKinnon solely shared. “Anytime you get to compete towards your former teammates, it’s all the time one thing particular.”

McKinnon spent three seasons with the 49ers after signing a four-year, $30 million contract with them. He’s now in a contract 12 months after signing the second of back-to-back, one-year offers with the Chiefs, totaling $2.15 million.

In the course of the Chiefs’ 44-23 win, McKinnon had the back-breaking play late within the third quarter.

Dealing with a third and 20 from 49ers’ 38-yard-line, the Chiefs ran a display. As quickly because the play name got here in, McKinnon knew it could be an enormous acquire, telling himself, “it’s about to hit.”

The screen went 34 yards, and McKinnon ran behind a convoy to the 49ers’ four-yard-line.

“It opened just like the Purple Sea,” McKinnon stated.

The 49ers tried to maintain all the pieces in entrance, and Nick Bosa went inside, however McKinnon went outdoors, and every member of the left aspect of the Chiefs offensive line discovered a 49ers defender to take out.

“It was an awesome name. We had been in a position to make use of Bosa’s aggressiveness towards them,” McKinnon stated. “It was an awesome executed play, man. The O-line acquired out entrance, man. They had been working like canines.”

After injuring his knee a second time in the course of the 2019 season, McKinnon was not on the energetic roster however was on the Tremendous Bowl.

Each groups have a number of gamers from that Chiefs 31-20 victory.

The Chiefs nonetheless have 13 gamers, together with injured Blake Bell, on their roster. Patrick Mahomes, Andrew Wylie, Travis Kelce and Mecole Hardman began on offense, and Chris Jones, Derrick Nnadi and Frank Clark began on protection.

Particular teamers Harrison Butker and James Winchester and backups Nick Allegretti and Khalen Saunders and present follow squader Austin Reiter additionally performed within the Tremendous Bowl.

The 49ers have 20 gamers from that squad, although some are actually injured, led by present offensive starters Jimmy Garoppolo, Mike McGlinchey, George Kittle, Kyle Juszczyk, Deebo Samuel, Jeff Wilson and three present defensive starters Bosa, Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw.

“They’ve stayed collectively,” Mahomes stated.

McKinnon famous there was loads of trash speak in the course of the sport, however none of it that he heard referred to that sport.

In the course of the week 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan stated that Tremendous Bowl loss wouldn’t add extra motivation.

Although he emphasised to the media he had a totally completely different workforce this 12 months, he did watch movie of Tremendous Bowl LIV this week.

“I hadn’t watched it for some time,” Shanahan stated. “(I) needed to this week for schematic causes.”

The 49ers, who had been victimized by well-known WASP play on third and 15 within the Tremendous Bowl, had been torched on each third and 20 and third and 11 performs.

On the third and 11 with 12:54 within the fourth quarter, the Chiefs had the ball on their very own 19. However Mahomes hit Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who beat former Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward for 57 yards.

Each third-and-long performs had been symbolic of how the Chiefs, who entered the sport with the No. 1 offense in factors scored (29.8) demolished a 49ers protection, which entered the sport ranked No. 1 in yards allowed (255.8).

On paper it seemed like a traditional; as an alternative, it was a drubbing.

“It was an awesome present for the offense at the moment,” McKinnon stated.

The Chiefs gained by three touchdowns even after recognizing the 49ers 10 factors within the first quarter.

“We beat their a – – of their stadium,” stated Frank Clark, who had 1.5 sacks on Sunday and in addition sacked Garoppolo with 1:33 left in Tremendous Bowl LIV.

After the Chiefs demolished the 49ers, McKinnon exchanged pleasantries with a number of of his former teammates, together with Juszczyk, Trent Williams and Warner. They informed him to “preserve pounding” and keep wholesome.

“It was an awesome ambiance to come back again (to),” McKinnon stated. “Hopefully, we see these guys once more.”