MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The play was right there to be made.
With 1:39 left and the 49ers trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 24-20 in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium, Emmanuel Sanders beat Charvarius Ward off the line, got behind the safety and started sprinting toward the end zone. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo saw his receiver come open, he stepped up and let it fly with Super Bowl immortality in sight.
The ball sailed over Sanders and the 49ers' last real shot to take home the Lombardi Trophy died when the ball clanged to the turf.