Bosa suggests the 49ers’ defense wasn’t ready for the Chiefs.
AS VEGAS — Was the 49ers defense ready for Super Bowl LVIII better than before?
Nick Bosa seems to agree.
After their devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, every player showed their true feelings, but there were also some indications as to what defensive coordinator Steve Wilks’ strategy meant to the All-Pro.
During his postgame media conference, Bosa, who is a top edge rusher, made two suggestions to reporters that the defense should have been better prepared collectively. The first-year coordinator bears direct accountability for that.
Bosa stated, “The zone read got us a couple of times.” “There, we should have been better prepared. In critical times, we need to know who is going to possess the ball, and it’s clear that he does. On his final drive, he had a scramble down the center.
Bosa was alluding to Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who had to scramble twice in order to score on the team’s game-winning overtime touchdown drive. A few plays later, on third-and-1, the quarterback found a wide-open lane once more to race 15 yards up the center of the field after recording an 8-yard run on the previous play.
Regarding Mahomes, Bosa remarked, “He is who he is for a reason.” “You need to maintain your self-assurance and stop expecting him to make these plays. However, there were few instances where I believe we would have been better prepared if we could have clearly gotten them back.
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