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All mouth.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — For 18 games, three quarters and about
eight minutes, the San Francisco 49ers defense was great. With
seven minutes left Sunday, it looked worthy of a Super Bowl
championship.

Then, poof.

Patrick Mahomes hit a big third-and-15 pass to Tyreek Hill, and
that started an avalanche. The Chiefs scored 21 points in the
final minutes to turn a 20-10 deficit into a 31-20 win. The
49ers defense, which had been magnificent all season and had
dominated most of Super Bowl LIV, couldn’t make a play.

“It is what it is,” cornerback Richard Sherman said. “We didn’t
execute at the end and they got the win.”

Sherman gave up one of the big plays. Sherman had a fantastic
season and has had a Hall of Fame career. But with 3:44 left,
Sammy Watkins beat Sherman for a 38-yard catch. That set up
Damien Williams’ 5-yard touchdown run, which would be the game-
winning score.

“He made a play,” Sherman said.

That’s how Sherman’s postgame news conference went. He’s one of
the best interviews in the NFL, and he was entertaining all of
Super Bowl week. After Sunday’s game, most of his answers were
just a few words, usually punctuated with him saying the 49ers
didn’t execute.

He was polite and professional. But he just didn’t seem to have
any answers.

“Just mistakes. Just mistakes,” Sherman said. “Simple mistakes.”

Via Twitter, Sherman was more critical of himself, saying, “I
wasn’t good enough tonight and I will fix that.”

"Shutdown corner". Yeah right. Slow, overpaid, looked
downright stupid against the Chiefs.

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