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Video: 49ers TimeOut Gate: Shanahan revisits Super Bowl tactic

Kyle Shanahan stood by his decision not to call a timeout before halftime of Super Bowl LIV because he did not want to give Kansas City a chance to score against the 49ers in a 10-10 tie at the time

Dai Sugano, staff photojournalist and senior multimedia editor, The Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Mercury News video editor Randy Vazquez.  (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)Cam Inman, 49ers beat and NFL reporter, San Jose Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)
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SANTA CLARA — Coach Kyle Shanahan stuck to his guns Thursday and insisted it was a “no-brainer” not to call timeout for a potential 49ers scoring drive just before halftime of Sunday’s eventual Super Bowl loss.

General manager John Lynch explained his own actions, too, having been caught by television cameras signaling for a timeout from his suite, after the 49ers’ defense made a third-down stop with about 1 1/2 minutes until halftime.

The end-of-half sequence has been a hot topic among fans and media second-guessing any and all 49ers plays that backfired in the 31-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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