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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Yet what was the outcome when the 49ers had a defense that was in the top 25 units of all time in 2011?

Right, right, it was all Kyle Williams fault for muffing two punts or whatever. Let's just ignore the fact that the 49ers had nine second half and overtime possessions, scored a TD and a FG, punted six times and had the clock expire on drive because Delanie Walker couldn't hold on to the football.

Six punts with one of these punts in a sudden death situation. Yet, it's all Kyle Williams fault for sucking at his job. Surely nobody is glossing over the fact that the offense couldn't sustain a drive when it mattered most.

And that 49ers team was superior to what KC is going to have this year and have better coaching to boot. They had defense comparable to that of the '13 Seahawks (who were the only reason Seattle has been in two Super Bowls and have come away with a Lombardi trophy) and an offense that's going to be within the same realm as what the Chiefs have with perhaps a slight edge to KC.

Best case scenario is the Chiefs have a defense as good as the 2011 49ers. That Jeremy Maclin, Travis Kelce, Jamaal Charles, Albert Wilson, and Chris Conley are better than Michael Crabtree, Vernon Davis, Frank Gore, Kyle Williams and Ted Ginn respectively.

A lot of the blame falls on the San Francisco defense for allowing the Giants to score three more points than what the 49ers were able to score in the conference final game. If the Chiefs of 2015 are equal to the 2011 49ers, then yeah, you can expect a playoff win but that's about it... And that's assuming the Chiefs are equal to or better than that team -and that's a stretch to say at this point beeeeeeeeecause......



The expectation should be that the team be more than one game above .500. I mean, the Chiefs did go 2-14 three years ago. That's pretty hard to overcome in such a short amount of time.

That team made the SB the next year with one of the most overrated QB's in the league