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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Kyle Shanahan was almost there, so close to completing a journey he’d never envisioned for himself, with only one remaining obstacle in his path.
His face was flushed. His pace was purposeful. And, as it turned out, the resistance in his path was futile.
Shanahan was heading to an interview podium in a tented area outside Hard Rock Stadium, where the team he coaches, the San Francisco 49ers, had just suffered a heartbreaking Super Bowl LIV defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. For the second time in four seasons, Shanahan had been on the unenviable end of a fourth-quarter collapse in the Ultimate Game; this time, the Chiefs outscored the Niners 21-0 in the final 6:13.
