After the overtime coin to s in LVIII, the had a choice: defer the opening kickoff and yield the ball to the , giving their opponent the first opportunity to score but affording themselves the information advantage on their first po se sion of the extra period; or take the ball first, try their best to score a touchdown, and -- if the game ended up tied after each team po se sed the ball -- get the first shot in a potential sudden-death situation.Niners coach Kyle Andrej Sekera Kids Jersey Shanahan decided to go with the latter strategy. His team then drove down the field with the first po se sion of overtime, but stalled out and ended up kicking a field goal. They never got the chance to po se s the ball in sudden death, because the Chiefs took their po se sion right down the field and scored a touchdown, with winning the game for Kansas City on a 3-yard reception from .Following the game, Shanahan explained his thought proce s."It's just something we talked about," Shanahan said in his postgame news conference. "None of us have a ton of experience with John Klingberg Women Jersey the new overtime rules . But we went through all the analytics and talked to those guys. We just thought it would be better. We wanted the ball third. If both teams matched and scored, we wanted to be the ones who had the chance to go win. So got that field goal, so knew we had to hold them to at least a field goal and if we did, we thought it was in our hands after that."This was the first time an game has gone to overtime with the new playoff overtime rules, which were changed following the Chiefs' victory over the in the famous "13 Seconds" Mike Gartner Women Jersey AFC title game. Under the new rules, both teams have an opportunity to po se s the ball in overtime regardle s of what happens on the first po se sion, unle s it ends in a defensive score. It can be argued that taking the ball first provides exactly the opportunity Shanahan detailed: the first chance to win in the event that both teams came away from their initial po se sion with the same number of points, setting up sudden death. Of course, it can also be argued that it's better to have the information regarding what your opponent did on the initial po se sion, so that you can calibrate exactly how aggre sive you want to be once you do po se s Gump Worsley Men Jersey the ball.It's not the first time Shanahan's decision-making has been a flashpoint.As the offensive coordinator of the in Super Bowl LI, Shanahan's decision to continue throwing the ball with his team leading the in the second half played a significant role in New England's comeback from a 28-3 deficit. In Super Bowl LIV, Shanahan elected not to have his team try for a last-minute drive in the first half, instead content to go into halftime tied with the Chiefs. Kansas City eventually came back from down by double-digits to win the game. And on Sunday night, Shanahan elected not to use his timeouts toward the end of the first half when the Chiefs had the ball in the red zone, robbing his team of a potential last-minute drive and a chance to extend their lead. Again, the Chiefs came back from down by double digits to win, this time in overtime, and after another Shanahan decision. We'll have to see how his choice to take the ball first affects what teams decide in the future. Marc Methot Men Jersey Such a high-profile game ending the way it did is sure to make a major impact on other coaches.