Super Bowl 2024, Chiefs Vs. 49ers Score: Live Game Updates, Welcome to the Vegas Bowl

 

Super Bowl 2024, Chiefs Vs. 49ers Score: Live Game Updates, 

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Super Bowl 2024, Chiefs Vs. 49ers Score: Live Game Updates, Welcome to the Vegas Bowl

The bright lights of the Super Bowl cannot be outshone. There’s no more important event in American football, likely in American culture, made all the bigger this year by the presence of America’s queen Taylor Swift. Nothing, not even Swift’s carbon-dioxide-gushing private jet as it descends from its getaway route from Tokyo, should block out the blearing stadium lights at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

But this year, the lights are just as bright outside of the stadium. The Vegas Strip is illuminated by the Luxor pyramid’s ascendant skybeam, the Mandalay Bay’s expansive gold-plated facade, the Bellgaio’s luminescent fountain—all powered by the tears and sweat beads dripping from bettors’ faces, even those who live far away from the Strip.

In other words, this Super Bowl is meant for Las Vegas and Las Vegas is meant for this Super Bowl.

Super Bowl LVIII turned on a dime late in the third quarter, with the Kansas City Chiefs converting a fumbled punt in the red zone into a 16-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Marquez Valdes-Scantling just one play later. The Chiefs took their first lead of the game at 13-10, coming all the way back from a San Francisco 49ers shutout that lasted most of the first half.

The fumble was accidental, off the heel of a 49ers player blocking on the punt return, yet it was San Fransisco’s second of the game after a Christian McCaffrey giveaway in the first quarter. Kansas City running back Isiah Pacheco also committed a red-zone fumble in the first half that kept the game close. McCaffrey atoned for his fumble with a touchdown reception on a wide receiver pass from Jauan Jennings in the second quarter.

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a national ban on sports gambling in 2018, the floodgates opened. Where Vegas alone once allowed legal sports gambling—an oasis for American degenerates—sportsbooks quickly set up shop in various casinos in a smattering of states. And casinos, fantasy-sports operators, and media conglomerates rushed to bring Las Vegas to everyday people’s smartphones.

They’ve succeeded, and then some. In December 2023 alone, U.S. bettors placed $310 billion in legal bets, according to LegalSportsReport. The American Gaming Association says a record 68 million Americans will place $23 billion in bets on Super Bowl Sunday. Surely, most of them will be doing that from the safety of their own phones.

It’s hard to avoid the suggestion. Fans face constant bombardment from advertising for sports-betting: sports websites, highway billboards, and of course Super Bowl ads. It’s lucrative stuff: This year, FanDuel and BetMGM are among the advertisers shelling out about $7 million per 30-second spot. It’s even infiltrated the main events: on sports broadcasts these days, you’ll notice talk about odds, favorites, prop bets, and more. The league even has official partnerships with DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, WynnBet, Fox Bet, and PointsBet, each worth millions.

Defenses have largely dominated this Super Bowl, though special teams have been clutch as well. 49ers kicker Jake Moody booted a then-Super Bowl-record 55-yard field goal in the first quarter, only for the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker to best him with a 57-yarder in the third quarter. In fact, San Francisco special teamer Chris Conley has made two of the most clutch plays of the entire game.

Will the Chiefs win a second straight Super Bowl, or will the 49ers come back to hoist their first Lombardi Trophy since 1995? Keep it locked to CBS Sports throughout the rest of the evening!

It has all come down to this. Are you ready?  Ater a long NFL season, Super Bowl LVIII is here, and it kicks off in a matter of minutes.

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers faced off four years ago for the NFL title. Now the two franchises meet again in Las Vegas. Both the 49ers and Chiefs have done all their preparations for the big game. When exactly will it be played? You’ve come to the right place to find out.

Super Bowl 58 will be played on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET inside Allegiant Stadium — the home of the Las Vegas Raiders. The game will be broadcast on CBS and there will be an alternative broadcast on Nickelodeon. Football fans can also stream the game on Paramount+. Usher will be performing in the halftime show this year.

The 49ers haven’t sent pressure all that often today. They tried it right there on third down, but they blew the coverage behind it and left Travis Kelce wide open over the middle of the field. That allowed the Chiefs to pick up a first down and keep the drive alive.

The 49ers haven’t sent pressure all that often today. They tried it right there on third down, but they blew the coverage behind it and left Travis Kelce wide open over the middle of the field. That allowed the Chiefs to pick up a first down and keep the drive alive.

Jennings makes ANOTHER huge play! He had the touchdown pass on San Francisco’s first score of the night, and now he comes up with an enormous catch, breaks a tackle, and falls into the end zone to put the Niners back in the lead. He joins ex-Eagles QB Nick Foles as the only players ever to catch and throw a touchdown in the same Super Bowl game. What a night for San Francisco’s No. 3 WR.

Chris Conley’s big night

Conley had a huge catch in the first half to give the Niners a first down on their field goal drive, and he has now made two excellent plays on special teams as well. He downed the previous punt on the two-yard line, and just absolutely leveled Richie James as soon as he caught the ball on this most recent punt.

49ers not taking advantage

Kansas City’s offense has been a disaster so far, with just seven first downs on seven possessions. And the Niners only have a seven-point lead despite that. They’ve quickly punted after each of the Chiefs’ turnovers, and they just did it again after KC’s latest punt. They should be leading this game by a lot more right now. They’re letting the Chiefs hang around, which is very dangerous.

Game management matters

It sure looked like Travis Kelce was pretty close to picking up a first down on that short catch-and-run. The Chiefs chose not to challenge the spot of the ball, then burned a timeout before the third-and-1 play, which ended with Pacheco getting stopped short of the marker and setting up a punt. Now, they’re down a timeout that will almost certainly be needed later on. Pretty big mistake from Andy Reid. And then the Chiefs punted on fourth-and-maybe-half-a-yard, because the ball was so deep in their own territory. All of this because they don’t run QB sneaks.

The Niners out-gained the Chiefs, 189-157, in the first half. They also collected 12 first downs to Kansas City’s seven. Both teams had one turnover, while the Chiefs were penalized five times for 50 yards and the Niners took three fouls for 20 yards. Jauan Jennings (!) had the game’s only touchdown pass on a trick play throwback to Christian McCaffrey.

The Chiefs haven’t led at halftime in any of their previous three Super Bowl appearances during the Patrick Mahomes-Andy Reid era, yet they are 2-1 in those games. Can they stage another comeback here, just like they did a year ago?

The 49ers should have been calling timeouts on that red-zone opportunity to give themselves a chance for another drive at the end of the half, but Kyle Shanahan appears content with his team’s lead. He made this exact same mistake the last time the Chiefs and 49ers met in the Super Bowl, only it was with his team on offense and he let the clock run down instead of trying for a score. His team then blew a double-digit second-half lead. Let’s see what happens this time around.

The Chiefs have the ball in the red zone with just over a minute left in the first half. They also get the ball to start the second half after deferring on the coin toss. They could have back-to-back opportunities to score here, depending on how they manage the clock. With a 10-0 lead, the Niners need their defense to not give up back-to-back touchdowns and suddenly send the offense back out there trailing after having not had a chance to touch the ball. This is a big sport for Steve Wilks’ group.

The Chiefs have gone this whole season not creating big plays deep down the field as often as we’ve gotten used to seeing them do it. Who came up with the biggest play of the night so far? Mecole Hardman, who signed with the Jets this offseason and then returned to the Chiefs after the trade deadline. He beat the defense over the top for a 52-yard gain to set the Chiefs up in the red zone… only for Isiah Pacheco to fumble on the very next snap, with Deommodore Lenoir ripping the ball, and the scoring opportunity, out of his hands.

 

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