“Everyone in the League Probably Thinks That” – Nick Bosa Makes a Surprising Admission Despite Losing Super Bowl LVIII

Published 02/20/2024, 4:54 PM EST

The San Francisco 49ers were dealt a heartbreaking loss in the overtime to lose the Super Bowl. With the second-ever Super Bowl to be won in the OT, the Niners especially felt the pain because of their opponents. And defensive end Nick Bosa has come out in the open with a declaration regarding the same!

During several passages of the play, it was the Niners who held the lead. Even during the OT, the Niners gained the lead to get their sixth Super Bowl victory. However, they still couldn’t maintain it vs the Kansas City Chiefs. And DE Bosa states something that the entire league might be thinking about along with the fans!

Nick Bosa contemplates the chief hurdle

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The Niners last lifted the Lombardi Trophy in 1995. Since then, they have been to the Super Bowl on three occasions, losing to the Baltimore Ravens in 2013 and then against the Chiefs in 2020 and 2024. It looks like the Niners need to get past the Chiefs to get their hands on the elusive sixth Super Bowl win. And Bosa agrees!

Is there a feeling the #49ers will eventually have to overcome the #Chiefs to win a Super Bowl?
Nick Bosa: “I think everyone in the league probably thinks that.”
— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) February 20, 2024

Twice, the Niners have given up the lead and eventually the Super Bowl to the Chiefs. So Bosa was enquired about the Niners having to overcome the Chiefs to get the Lombardi Trophy. The DE did not disagree.

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“I think everyone in the league probably thinks that”, said the 26-year-old defensive lineman. Even though both franchises have been a part of the NFL since the beginning of professional football in America, they do not share much history or rivalry. But that surely has changed in recent times.

A modern-day rivalry in the making

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The Niners and the Chiefs have faced each other merely 16 times and the Chiefs lead the series 9-7. But their competitive edge and rivalry has formed in the last decade itself. During this time, the Chiefs have dominated the Niners.

Only 2 postseason games have been played between the franchises, both of them Super Bowls. The Chiefs have defeated the Niners in their last 4 meetings. The Niners getting only one victory over their modern rivals in the last decade.

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Do you agree with Nick Bosa that the Niners will eventually need to defeat the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl? Let us know in the comments.

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Utkarsh Tiwari is an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. As a coalesce of a law graduate and football enthusiast, he takes pride in reporting Sunday live games along with post-match analysis and legal accuracy. This enthusiasm has made Utkarsh our ‘go-to guy’ for throwback pieces and listicles when it comes to any game, especially of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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