Garoppolo: Super Bowl loss will fuel me to 'come back better'

While the Kansas City Chiefs were enjoying their Super Bowl parade, the San Francisco 49ers were cleaning out their lockers.

The 49ers held their exit interviews Wednesday, days removed from coughing up a 10-point lead late in Super Bowl LIV.

Asked about his 3-for-11 performance in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo reflected on the past before refocusing on the future.

"Yeah, it is what it is if you just look at the stats like that. ... As an offense, as a team, we've been in that situation multiple times and we've answered the bell. It's tough when that one time you didn't," the 28-year-old said, according to Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle. "That's what people will remember. It's the world we live in.

"You've just got to own up to it and be a man about it. Like I said before, it will fuel us in the offseason. It will fuel me, especially, in this offseason just to come back better."

Perhaps Garoppolo's most crucial pass attempt of the night was a deep throw to Emmanuel Sanders with 1:40 left in the game. On third down with his team trailing by four, Garoppolo overthrew. The Chiefs went on to score a game-sealing touchdown on their next drive.

"Obviously, some throws I wish I had back. Some throws I (wish I) made different," Garoppolo said. "The one to E, just missed him. Putting a little too much on it. You've got to be a man. You've got to own up to those things. Some things I wish I had back."

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