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Kyle Shanahan's Super Bowl Comeback

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The 49ers' Kyle Shanahan is making his first Super Bowl appearance as a head coach. But he's been to the big game before, as the Falcons offensive coordinator when Atlanta infamously lost a 28-3 lead to a Patriots comeback. ESPN's Seth Wickersham explains how Shanahan can shake the ghosts of his football past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, I am in Miami at the annual media night for the teams in the Super Bowl.

0:10.2

There are cheerleaders, there are fans, there are mascots, there's a guy inexplicably dressed up as a young Andy Reed.

0:18.7

And just down the way, there's 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan answering some difficult questions.

0:24.6

I can speak firsthand that, guys, I've been a part of a Super Bowl, and a lot of people blame me for a lot of stuff.

0:29.5

And you know what?

0:30.4

I'm still alive, and I was all right the next day.

0:32.6

You know what I'm happy for is you go as hard as you can, you do as good as you can, and you live with the consequences.

0:42.3

Music is you go as hard as you can, you do as good as you can, and you live with the consequences. Today, how Kyle went from giving up a 28 to 3 lead in Super Bowl 51 to obliterating NFL defenses?

0:52.0

And why that devastating defeat could help him win on Sunday. I'm Mina Gimes,

0:57.1

and this is ESPN Daily, presented by Dell Small Business. Hi, Seth. How you doing?

1:06.5

Seth Wickersham is a senior writer at ESPN and has covered Kyle Shanahan since 2006.

1:12.9

Seth, this Sunday we have a battle between two highly respected head coaches in Andy Reed and

1:19.3

Kyle Shanahan. Andy Reed has been head coached for 21 years and has sort of become a lovable

1:26.1

folk hero around the league.

1:28.6

How would you describe Kyle Shanahan?

1:30.6

Well, I don't think Kyle is the lovable folk hero of the NFL.

1:34.5

That's definitely for sure.

1:35.9

He's a younger guy and he's kind of an assassin.

1:38.5

And we got everybody in the league who right now was rooting for Andy Reid.

1:43.0

He's older.

1:43.5

He's been around he's

1:44.5

cut you know he's had a lot of horrific playoff failures people kind of think well Kyle will get

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