Patrick Mahomes and Bill Vinovich (Photos via @_MLFootball)
NFL fans are losing their minds after a new video showed some awful officiating calls against the San Francisco 49ers in their Super Bowl 58 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Unfortunately, questionable officiating was once again a key storyline in the Super Bowl. One year after the Chiefs were the beneficiary of a game-sealing holding call against James Bradbery in Super Bowl 57, Kansas City was again on the wrong side of several officiating miscues in Super Bowl 58.
The ML Football X/Twitter account posted a video put together by popular social media personality Joseph Robert, also known as “Fantasy Football Counselor.” The video shows several mistakes by Bill Vinochich’s crew that went against the 49ers.
That included a questionable holding call against 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams that wiped out a Brock Purdy completion to George Kittle, prompting San Fran head coach Kyle Shanahan to tell one official to make sure holding is called “both ways.”
The video shows several more instances of officials missing blatant offensive holding calls against the Chiefs o-line:
This new video of the blown calls from Super Bowl 58 sent social media into a giant frenzy, to say the very least:
At any rate, the 49ers had their chances to win the game. They could have stopped the Chiefs’ game-tying drive in the fourth quarter after Jake Moody’s go-ahead field goal. Or they could have stopped Patrick Mahomes on 4th down during his game-winning drive before he found Mecole Hardman to walk off Super Bowl 58.
49ers Need To Learn From Super Bowl 58 Heartbreak
No team has had more heartbreak over the last five years than the 49ers, who have lost two Super Bowls to the Chiefs (Super Bowl 54 as well) and two NFC Championship Games (2021 to the Los Angeles Rams and 2022 to the Philadelphia Eagles).
Mistakes were made by the officials in Super Bowl 58, yes. But the 49ers need to use the heartbreaking loss as a learning experience and motivation in their quest to finally bring Lombardi Trophy No. 6 back to the west coast.
