INDIANAPOLIS — DeMeco Ryans believes if 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw hadn't torn his left Achilles in Super Bowl LVIII, the outcome would have been different. The Houston Texans head coach felt the pain of Greenlaw, who suffered the devastating injury after only 12 defensive snaps into the 49ers' 25-22 Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas, and believes the linebacker's presence on the Allegiant Stadium field would have had a positive impact for San Francisco. "I talked to him before the game," Ryans told NBC Sports Bay Area Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "He was in the right mode. You hate to say this, but if they had Dre, I feel like the game is different. They have Dre because of the impact plays that he can make." Ryans didn't actually know the injury had happened to Greenlaw in real time. The former 49ers defensive coordinator was home after visiting his wife, who had just delivered a baby girl the Saturday prior to the game. "I was watching with my kids, so I was watching the Nickelodeon broadcast at that time," Ryans told NBC Sports Bay Area. "That broadcast didn't show it. I was talking to my wife who was in the hospital and she...
Ryans believes healthy Greenlaw would’ve changed 49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl
Feb 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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