NFL fans roast Kyle Shanahan for declaring 'we wanted the ball third' for Super Bowl overtime

This Kyle Shanahan quote is getting rightfully roasted.

Oh no. Oh nooooo. Kyle Shanahan, what are you doing?

The San Francisco 49ers head coach has addressed why he wanted his team to start overtime in the Super Bowl with the ball — his idea was, if they scored and the Kansas City Chiefs matched, the Niners would get the football in a sudden-death situation.

Now, that’s all fine and good in theory (if your team knows the new-ish playoff overtime rules, and some of his players admitted they didn’t). But the team that possess the ball second has some advantage — they know if they need a field goal to tie it back up or a touchdown to win. It’s four-down territory all the way, too, which means play calls can be more diverse.

It’s one quote in particular that has Shanahan being roasted after the Super Bowl: “We wanted the ball third.”

Here’s a sampling: