Ross Tucker blown away that Chiefs are underdogs in Super Bowl: 'Give me a break, bro'

The 49ers have been one of the best teams in the NFL this season, and the emergence of the Chiefs in recent weeks apparently has done little to sway the sportsbooks.

San Francisco is widely -- if narrowly -- favored for next Sunday’s Super Bowl. The 49ers were the more consistently better team all season, but the Chiefs have experience on their side and have been far steadier this postseason.

Kansas City walloped a Miami team with an electric offense in frigid conditions before beating both the Bills and the Ravens on the road. The 49ers, meanwhile, won their two playoff games this January by a combined six points, and required an epic meltdown by the Lions in order to advance.

That’s not to say the 49ers can’t or won’t beat Patrick Mahomes and Co., but pegging them as favorites is, at the very least, debatable.

NFL analyst Ross Tucker was beside himself about the Chiefs being underdogs Friday in an appearance on Fescoe in the Morning .

“How in the world are the 49ers favored in this game?” Tucker said. “The Chiefs, I felt like, were clearly the better team in all three of the playoff games – including at Buffalo and at Baltimore. The Niners, guys, I can name six plays right now off the top of my head in the Packers game where if they went the other way, the Packers win that game. … And then the Lions were killing the Niners until they peed down their leg like I’ve never seen before, one of the most epic meltdowns of all time. Honestly, I’m not a Lions fan, but that was hard to watch.

“So, you’re telling me you’re going to say the Niners are the favorite? They’re like going off yards per play from the regular season, give me a break, bro. You’ve got to be kidding me. In a close game, you’re going to take Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan over Mahomes and Andy Reid? Yeah, not me. I’ve seen this movie too many times – I’m going to take the Chiefs.”

Tucker admitted that he thought the Ravens were the best team in the NFL this season, and that he was a little surprised the Chiefs made it this far because of how they played in the regular season.

That said, the Chiefs are plenty comfortable on a big stage, and putting everything together at the right time has made them a remarkably difficult out.