We're just days away from LVIII, and the crew here at CBSSports.com is doing our best to look at this game from every angle imaginable. So, and , we're going to use this space to do a tale-of-the-tape-style breakdown to determine which of the and has the edge at each position. KC QB #15 With all due respect to , this one isn't very close. is the best quarterback of his -- and po sibly any -- generation. He could retire tomorrow and make the Hall of Fame, and he's only going to add to his legend as the years go by. SF RB #23 has been great for the Chiefs, but like the quarterback position above, this one isn't very close, either. is the best running back, bar none. He led the league in rushing this year for the first time in his career, and he has been the league's best pa s-catching back for a while now. Pacheco's a good, solid runner, but Carl Banks Jersey McCaffrey is so much more than that. SF WR #19 SF WR #11 Again, we have a battle that is not at all close. was really good and really, really fun this season, but he still has a ways to go to catch up with either or , and the Niners have both of those guys. The further down the depth chart you go, the le s confidence you have in any Kansas City wideout's ability to actually catch the ball, while the 49ers have a reliable No. 3 receiver in , who both makes plays on third down and is dynamite as a run blocker. KC TE #87 This is SO close. at his best is the best tight end in the league. But he wasn't at his best for much of this season. was actually named First Team All-Pro. But since the calendar flipped to January and the playoff lights turned on, Kelce has looked a lot like his old self, racking up 23 catches for 299 yards Kadarius Toney Jersey and three scores in three AFC playoff games. Kittle has been (and usually is) much le s involved as a receiver with six grabs for 108 yards and a score in San Francisco's two NFC playoff contests, but he is a monster run blocker who is key to everything San Francisco does offensively. We gave the nod to Kelce here due to his track record and greater importance to Kansas City's pa s offense, which is where tight ends make most of their impact these days. But going with Kittle wouldn't nece sarily be here, either. KC OG #62 KC C #52 KC G #65 If we could split this one up into tackles and interior linemen, we'd give the edge to San Francisco on the outside ( alone wins that one for the Niners) and Kansas City on the inside. K.C. tackles and struggled for large portions of this season with injuries and ineffectivene s, and the line as a whole was not as good in the run game as it was in each of the previous two years. But San Francisco's pa s protection has been somewhat leaky Kenny Golladay Jersey this season, including in the two playoff games, while Kansas City's has been rounding into shape. Given the strength of the -- trio, we'll lean in K.C.'s direction here. SF DE #97 SF DE #91 SF NT #98 The Chiefs have a strong defensive Xavier McKinney Jersey line with some quality players surrounding , with chief among them. But they don't have anything like the , and game-wrecking crew the Niners sport up front. So, even with not living up to what the 49ers expected he could be when they traded for him, San Francisco still has the edge here -- especially when you throw in players like , and . SF MLB #54 SF LB #57 These two teams set up their linebacker groups in vastly different ways. San Francisco has a pair of superstars in (the best linebacker in football) and , while Kansas City has a group of role players who each has their own niche in , , and . We'll roll with the superstars having the advantage, even if the way K.C.'s linebacker corps works in concert with each other is quite impre sive. KC CB #38 KC CB #22 The defensive backfields have entirely turned over for these two teams since the last time they played in the , right down to going from Kansas City to San Francisco. The Niners probably had the edge last time around, but even with Ward now on the other side, Kansas City has the deeper, more reliable group of DBs this time. and are a lockdown duo; and have been terrific up the middle; and role players like , , and have all stepped up. San Francisco's starting defensive backs are quite good, but we've seen teams pick on at times this Shane Lemieux Jersey year, and any injury that forces back outside from his slot position and brings onto the field could mean trouble. KC K #7 Kansas City's return game was an adventure at times this year, but has to be considered much more reliable right now than 49ers rookie , and finished the season le s than a yard behind in net punting average, so we'll give the edge to the Chiefs.