Kyle Shanahan unveiled his plan at quarterback for the 49ers’ preseason opener against the Kanas City Chiefs.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on Thursday unveiled his plan for quarterback playing time in the team’s preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Jimmy (Garoppolo) will start out,” Shanahan said. “I mean with most of our starters, I know there’s a number of guys that aren’t playing to be safe with and some guys who’ve been banged up. We’re trying to get most of our starters going, Jimmy will be hopefully just one series and then I’ll get Trey (Lance) in there and hopefully just the whole first half.”
This is a good indication the club feels good about where Garoppolo is at. Although if he has a poor showing and goes three-and-out in his first series, they may put him back in for a second one to get some additional reps.
Getting in early doesn’t mean Lance will get reps with the starters though. Shanahan said the entire starting offense will come out of the game once Garoppolo’s night is done.
As far as Lance getting more work beyond the first half, Shanahan said it’ll all come down to how many reps the rookie gets.
“I mean it could be if he doesn’t get a certain amount of plays,” Shanahan said. “Hopefully he gets around 30 or something, but you never know how that will go. If he didn’t get enough plays, then I would start him probably the first series of third.”
In an ideal world Shanahan would likely prefer to give Josh Rosen and Nate Sudfeld the entire second half. However, the team needs to see Lance in action and if his handful of first-half series don’t amount to much, it makes a lot of sense to run him back out for part of the third quarter as well.
Perhaps the biggest question is which defense he’ll face from Kansas City. They could opt to leave starters in, which could make life exceedingly difficult for the rookie behind the second-team offensive line. On the other hand, if he plays well in that scenario, it could give the coaching staff some additional confidence in putting him up against starters once the games count.
Looking at the multitude of ways to bet Super Bowl LIV, and how to get NFL action on the San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup.
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Super Bowl LIV betting: Outrights
As with any other game, the three main bet types are the Moneyline, Against the spread and the Over/Under. Here, we’re looking for the game winner, the winner against the points handicap and the total points scored in the game. The same betting logic applies as to any standard game, and you should be sticking by the same research methods which got you here.
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Super Bowl LIV betting: Prop bets
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Player props
There’s no better way to stay involved in every single play of the Super Bowl than with player props. Options exist for the first touchdown of the game, last touchdown, total touchdowns and yardage totals for most offensive players involved. Defensive players aren’t left out, either. Get action on the number of sacks recorded by key defenders, or “will they or won’t they” record an interception.
As usual, quarterbacks are the stars of the show. Patrick Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo will be front and center in head-to-head competitions for statistical production, or on individual props estimating their yardage, touchdown and interception totals.
The main attraction, of course, is for Super Bowl MVP. Most players involved in the game are listed with corresponding odds from Mahomes’ +110 as the odds-on favorite to longshot Chiefs P Dustin Colquitt at +50000. Be sure to research the trends and play the odds. A QB has been named the MVP of 29 of the 53 Super Bowls to date.
If you don’t like the risk of the player props, despite more profitable odds, team props can be the better route to take. These look at the precise winning margin, which team will score first, last or most often, as well as total touchdowns or field goals for either side.
Bets can be broken down by team or combine the two sides. Look at the season-long trends for both teams to get an idea of how many times they run, pass or punt per game. How many sacks did they record and how many points did they give up on average?
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Game props
Here, bettors can get action right from the get-go by betting on the result of the coin toss. From there, bet between the first play of the game being a run or pass, the first scoring play being a field goal, touchdown or safety.
Game props can also look at total penalties in the game or which penalty will be called first, or most often. Keep checking BetMGM throughout the week, as more and more betting options are being posted as we near Sunday’s 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
With all these bets, it’s important to remember the odds at the sportsbook are reflective of which side is getting the most betting action. The Super Bowl typically draws in bets in hopes of high-scoring exciting games. Always be on the lookout for the best values. The most likely result isn’t always the most exciting. Know when to be contrarian and bet against the public.
Super Bowl LIV betting: Bankroll management
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Despite all the build-up and hype around the event, it’s important to remember for betting purposes the Super Bowl is just another game. Sure, it marks the end of the NFL season, but sports bettors still have plenty of options throughout the year and the MLB season is just around the corner.
While there are more betting options available than any other game thus far this season, the size of your wagers shouldn’t be any different than they’ve been up to this point. Whatever your standard betting unit may be (i.e. $1, $5, $10 or $100) you should still be sticking to the same number of units for any wager as you did in Weeks 1 through 17.
Also, know your budget going into this. Carefully peruse the available betting options, take notes of bets which may be of interest, and whittle down your final choices rather than placing bets on the fly. It can be easy to get sidetracked while “window shopping.” Look for the best values and be selective.
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Preparation never stops, but Kyle Shanahan thinks the 49ers are ready for their Super Bowl 54 showdown with the Chiefs a week early.
The 49ers have another full week of practice before they play in Super Bowl LIV, but the week off before the game hasn’t meant San Francisco isn’t putting work in to prepare.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Friday told reporters the 49ers would be ready to play Sunday of the Bye week if they were asked to suit up a week early.
“If we had to play Sunday, we’d be ready,” Shanahan said. “So, any time you’re able to go through a week like this where you can go through a whole normal week and not actually have a game on Sunday, tomorrow we’ll still do red zone and stuff like that, and Sunday we’ll travel out there.”
Getting to Miami is only a step along the long road of preparation. The 49ers’ coaching staff will have another full week of time to continue tweaking their game plan and pregame work after getting a full, normal week in. With the helter-skelter nature of pre-Super Bowl festivities, Shanahan is looking forward to utilizing travel time to continue getting ready for Andy Reid and the Chiefs.
“It will be nice to have a long plane ride for myself,” he said. “Kind of go through the whole week of everything, and then we’ll start over on Monday and Tuesday where we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We know what we have, but we have a week of tape where we can clean some stuff up or take some stuff out and some more stuff come to us, we can put some stuff in.”
Super Bowl LIV should be a ton of fun with Shanahan and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid going head-to-head. They’re two of the top offensive minds in the game, and there shouldn’t be any shortage of offensive fireworks on both sides of the ball.
While Shanahan discussed his preparations, the more important area of prep for the 49ers may come on the defensive side. If they can even slow down the scorching hot Chiefs offense a little bit, they’ll be in a great position to pull out a victory in Miami.
The 49ers are, somehow, going back to the Super Bowl.
The 49ers dominated the Green Bay Packers 37-20 en route to their seventh Super Bowl appearance.
Chris Biderman of the Sacramento Bee and Kyle Madson discuss the 49ers’ win and how Raheem Mostert wound up carrying them on offense. They also get into the Super Bowl LIV matchup with the Chiefs, and Chris tells a postgame locker room story about George Kittle’s shirtless Jimmy Garoppolo shirt. The guys also take a deep dive on the 49ers’ season and how they got from a disaster 2017 season to the Super Bowl.
