I have to continue to give credit to the coaching staff for getting this team ready to play after a very emotional win against the Raiders. The team remained rather focused, committing just three penalties and did a good job of executing the game play despite not putting up many points on the board. The coaching staff kept the ball away from the Chiefs calling for over 38 minutes of offense, it was enough to silence the Chiefs.

Offensively, there were a few nice calls, like a pitch to Barlow in a single back set, something the 49ers have featured rarely if ever this season. Or like the two reverses the team called, they were very effective.

But for everything this group did well, it may have been completely ruined by how Steve Mariucci handled the last drive of the first half. In scoring position, with one time out, the 49ers were upset with the spotting of a ball, and how the officials had let the clock tick down. Mariucci spiked the ball, then called a time out, out of frustrations with seven seconds left on the clock, wanting to shout out the officials. He let his emotions get the best of him, because that time out could have been much better spent had he stayed composed. Instead, Mariucci called for a pass on third down, which would have been an ok call, but the pass was thrown into the hands of a Chief’s defender after Garcia left the pocket to try and make something happen. As a result, the 49ers couldn’t even attempt a field goal. Maybe Garcia wasn’t reminded to throw the ball away if nothing was there, but for some reason he didn’t, and for the first time that I’ve ever seen, coach Mariucci had lost control of the game.