All the vaunted 49ers' defense had to do was protect a 10-point lead with under seven minutes to go.
All Jimmy Garoppolo had to do was hit a wide-open Emmanuel Sanders with under two minutes to go.
If either of those things had happened in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2 in Miami Gardens, the 49ers very likely are in possession of their sixth Lombardi Trophy.
But neither of those things happened, and the Kansas City Chiefs are the current Super Bowl champions.
"It's not something I'll ever get over," All-Pro tight end George Kittle said during an interview on ESPN's Golic and Wingo on Friday, according to 49ersWebzone.