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49ers' Kyle Shanahan was too conservative, and he paid for it

When the Kansas City Chiefs got stopped on 3rd-and-14 with 1:45 to play in the first half, it seemed like the San Francisco 49ers had the chance of going for the double score that would have come about by scoring on the last drive in the second quarter and then, after getting the ball to start the second half, scoring again to potentially go up by 14 points before Patrick Mahomes even got the ball back.

However, Kyle Shanahan, who has proven to be an excellent coach over the last four years, chose to save all of his three timeouts and let the clock wind down to 59 seconds after the Chiefs' punt.