Calm! Focus!
...Calm!
Garoppolo kept reminding himself, although his knees were still trembling and his calves were still cramping, he forced himself to stay focused.
Everything is in Shanahan's hands. They need to take the initiative, they need to strike proactively, they need to regain the San Francisco 49ers' offensive rhythm with speed and tempo, no gimmicks, no tricks, no covers; just crisp and clean quick short passes to tear through the defense.
So—
Step back, observe, release, solve everything within 2.5 seconds, leaving no time for the Kansas City Chiefs Defense to react.
An eight-yard short pass, tearing through the defense, relying on the wide receivers' running routes to create space. Sanders, Kittel, and Samuel were responsible for criss-crossing positioning and acting as decoys, while the real passing target was running back Bourne.
