Nick Bosa discusses whether the San Francisco 49ers were adequately prepared for the Super Bowl.
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00:07 It's hard to say.
00:08 Kind of similar, just so many opportunities
00:17 that we had throughout the entire game.
00:20 And I think all three phases didn't get it done.
00:25 What are you most recommend?
00:27 That's probably the most disappointing thing.
00:29 Um, I don't know.
00:32 It's football.
00:33 Did you like the position you guys were in,
00:36 protecting the three-point lead and all that?
00:39 Of course, yeah.
00:40 I mean, we were playing good defense most of the game.
00:44 And obviously, it hurts when it comes down to defense,
00:50 and we don't get it done.
00:51 [INAUDIBLE]
00:57 It was hard.
00:58 It was hard.
00:59 Sometimes when things like that happen,
01:02 it could sway the momentum, just because it's
01:06 such an emotional feeling.
01:09 But I do think we did a good job of continuing to play
01:15 the way we were playing.
01:16 And Dre is a one-on-one human being.
01:22 He was pushing through so much this year.
01:25 And I think 99% of players wouldn't
01:29 have been able to do what he did.
01:31 And he put his body on the line for this,
01:34 and it sucks that we couldn't get him on.
01:37 [INAUDIBLE]
01:42 Um, it was tough.
01:43 I think I had the dive, and he pulled it.
01:49 And I got somebody open.
01:53 In the second quarter, Kelsey was screaming,
01:56 and you read the score until the very end of the half.
02:01 I don't know if you guys had a rattle,
02:03 but did you feel like you had them off the rhythm?
02:07 Yeah, I mean, of course, the first half
02:09 was a very good defensive performance.
02:12 But there was missed opportunities
02:17 in the first half, too.
02:18 And we definitely wanted to lap them a couple more times
02:23 to give us a cushion, because you know who we're playing,
02:26 and they're going to play to the end.
02:29 So--
02:31 Is there awareness, because it's Mahomes,
02:33 that you have to take advantage of every opportunity?
02:37 Of course.
02:39 Of all the hard losses you guys have had in the season,
02:41 is it hard to say, OK, next year,
02:44 everything is going to be--
02:45 Yeah, that was speechless.
02:48 I couldn't really look anybody in the eye, especially
02:53 all my teammates.
02:55 I could have done more.
02:57 Everybody could have done more, and there's really not
02:59 much to say at this point.
03:01 It's going to hurt, and it's going to hit in waves.
03:04 But that's life.
03:08 Shanahan was clear to us that you've just got to keep moving.
03:12 This is a good team.
03:15 Is that what he said to you guys, that it's a tough loss?
03:18 But it has to be in a ball.
03:20 It has to be in next year.
03:22 I feel like it was hard for anybody
03:24 to say much after this one.
03:26 We've been so close so many times
03:28 that there's only so many more opportunities that we have.
03:33 We have an amazing core of players
03:35 that are going to be back.
03:37 And we have to be better.
03:41 How does the Humps just seem to kick it into another gear
03:44 in the fourth quarter of your time?
03:46 He is who he is for a reason.
03:52 And yeah, you have to keep your confidence up and not
04:02 anticipate him to make these plays.
04:05 But there were some where I think if we--
04:10 obviously, if we could get him back,
04:12 we would have been more prepared.
04:14 There was a couple of [INAUDIBLE]
04:15 just running the legs where I think
04:18 the key [INAUDIBLE] is you need to make enough options
04:22 to run the ball situation on the poor side of the field.
04:24 23 yards, you ran the game and put it down.
04:27 Save the formation, save the play.
04:29 How difficult is it to chase it down?
04:32 You've got to worry about the deep ball
04:34 and the [INAUDIBLE]
04:37 Yeah, the zone read got us a couple of times.
04:40 We could have been more prepared there.
04:43 We have to know in crucial situations
04:46 who's going to have the ball.
04:47 And obviously, it's him.
04:49 He had a scramble down the middle on that last drive.
04:54 And yeah.
04:57 [INAUDIBLE]
05:07 Yeah, I think we all just said we want to be together tonight.
05:10 It's the only way we could--
05:12 groups change every year, so you'll never
05:17 be with that same group.
05:20 We wanted to do it for Dre.
05:21 We wanted to do it for all the guys on the line.
05:25 And hopefully, we could hang out tonight in a quiet place.
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