Kyle Shanahan was not afraid to clown himself Sunday during his first Super Bowl broadcast behind the mic.
Shanahan was brought on as a guest analyst during NBC’s Super Bowl broadcast at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Few would have better insight into a game of such magnitude as Shanahan, but the San Francisco 49ers head coach did not exactly see it that way.
When asked to talk about the Seahawks, Shanahan began with a disclaimer that served as a self-own.
“I know you guys want my expert opinion,” Shanahan said on the broadcast. “But I haven’t scored a touchdown on the Seahawks the last two times we’ve played them, so I don’t know how good that is.”
Shanahan’s 49ers couldn’t find ways to score when the team faced the Seahawks in Week 18, losing 13-3 in a rock fight. The two teams clashed again in the NFC divisional round, where Seattle torched San Francisco 41-6. Even a brilliant football mind like Shanahan could not solve the Seahawks’ vaunted defense.
The 49ers coach wasn’t alone in that either in Sunday’s Super Bowl clash. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel could not even get his team to score a single point during the first half, extending a longstanding Tom Brady streak in the process.
The Patriots trailed the Seahawks 9-0 at halftime, which must have made Shanahan feel a little better about his own team’s offensive futility against Seattle this season. Misery loves company, after all.
