I think among the pundits, the AFC was considered stronger overall than the NFC. Balt and KC have been thought of as the top 2 teams most the second half.
I think there are a lot of parallels between this SB and the 85 49er Miami Super Bowl. You have a great offense in Kansas City going up against a great defense in San Francisco. And a very good offense in San Francisco going up against a very mediocre offense in Kansas City. In ‘85 I absolutely knew the 49ers were going to win that game easily because I felt, correctly, that the defense could at least slow down Miami and that Miami would be essentially defenseless against the 49ers. (BTW - Miami was favored in that game. EDIT- wrong. Niners were 3 pt favorites. My memory failed me. Again). But there is one brobdingnagian difference – Jimmy Garoppolo is no Joe Montana. And Mahomes is probably better than Marino.
There is a big QB gap. Otherwise, I think SF is the better team. Garrapolo has not been asked to do much in the playoffs. I think he will have to do more if SF is to beat KC. He’s capable of doing so. Should be a fun game.
I think there are a lot of parallels between this SB and the 85 49er Miami Super Bowl. You have a great offense in Kansas City going up against a great defense in San Francisco. And a very good offense in San Francisco going up against a very mediocre offense in Kansas City. In ‘85 I absolutely knew the 49ers were going to win that game easily because I felt, correctly, that the defense could at least slow down Miami and that Miami would be essentially defenseless against the 49ers. (BTW - Miami was favored in that game. EDIT- wrong. Niners were 3 pt favorites. My memory failed me. Again). But there is one brobdingnagian difference – Jimmy Garoppolo is no Joe Montana. And Mahomes is probably better than Marino.
There is a big QB gap. Otherwise, I think SF is the better team. Garrapolo has not been asked to do much in the playoffs. I think he will have to do more if SF is to beat KC. He’s capable of doing so. Should be a fun game.