I do wonder if SF will run almost no pistol offense in the opener as a reverse psychology on MM having the Packers knowing they have done all this prep work and SF comes out with a more traditional scheme to lull GB into thinking they are more beatable then they really are. Then if both teams make the playoffs (highly probable) then in Harbough's mind that's when the real niners will show up.
All of this prep work isn't just for the Niners. They play RGIII the following week and will deal with elements of this crap at different times throughout the season.
I do wonder if SF will run almost no pistol offense in the opener as a reverse psychology on MM
The 49ers ran very little Read Option vs the Falcons the next week of the playoffs after using it to great success versus GB the previous week. The Falcons were prepared.
The pistol is more about where the QB lines up, the read option is about what he does with the ball after he gets it. I think they will still have K in the pistol alignment because apparently it helps Gore and the running game from the comments I've read.
How about we come out in the pistol?
Yeah, take that!
Ha ha...that would be so bitchin. Well, if it like worked and stuff.
I do wonder if SF will run almost no pistol offense in the opener as a reverse psychology on MM having the Packers knowing they have done all this prep work and SF comes out with a more traditional scheme to lull GB into thinking they are more beatable then they really are. Then if both teams make the playoffs (highly probable) then in Harbough's mind that's when the real niners will show up.
With the sophistication of NFL offenses, it is really a chess match with the defensive coordinator. Teams usually run their different phases of offense & see how the defense is going to defend each of them. Typically how they defend one formation or play, may leave them vulnerable to another. When Lombardi ran the sweep he had a number of "counters" that he ran if defenders were overextending to stop the sweep. If the safety was coming up hard, Horning could throw the ball. If the dlineman were shooting gaps, he could run trap plays with taylor, etc. In last year's playoff game, we could not defend either the option read or SF's run game between the tackles, so they just kept running it. If we defend the option read this time, SF will observe how we are doing it & have a plan to counter it. If our outside LBer's play the option well & our 3 dlineman can win their matchups, we then force them to pass, which is what we want. It is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out!
If the GBP coaches haven't studied what the Ravens did v the 9ers in the SB and applied it to their scheme they're insane. The Ravens provided a textbook example of how to handle that pistol crap.
Difference was, the Ravens executed.
true dat. I keep thinking a lot of the problem in the playoff game last year went by the name of Walden. And I can't help but think his head was just spinning and he began guessing and guessing wrong and....
Fine to give the players their share of the blame, but it certainly wasn't Dom's finest moment either.
There were alot of problems in that game. With only a week to prepare, our staff was caught flat footed in not anticipating that the 49ers would run the option as much as they did (various reports from players that the defense did little in prep for it). After seeing what they did to us, the Ravens had two weeks to prepare, which served them well vs. the option. However, as was mentioned earlier, stopping one thing may lead you vulnerable to others....the 49ers gained 468 yards & scored 31 pts. vs. the Ravens, so they didn't actually "shut them down".
Maybe this is too simplistic, but I still think the end of this read option nonsense will be when the defenders REGULARLY T-off on the QB (as a runner/blocker, I thought he's not protected) and a few of these guys get lost for the season. Thought the Ravens did a good job punishing K in the Super Bowl.
Everyone focuses on the run-option, but he hurt the team just as badly on scrambles from called passing plays. Just an abject failure to contain the QB all the way around.
Everyone focuses on the run-option, but he hurt the team just as badly on scrambles from called passing plays. Just an abject failure to contain the QB all the way around.
..agree & maintain that this was another poor decision by our staff to have Walden be the "spy" on some downs. OC's are always trying to get the matchup they want, I can only imagine their delight in realizing that if Kaepernick let everyone clear out, all he had to do was evade Walden out in space. It was stealing!
when the defenders REGULARLY T-off on the QB (as a runner/blocker, I thought he's not protected) and a few of these guys get lost for the season.
that is what I hope and dream to see in the 1st half of the season. you want to put your QB out there as a runner? fine, we're gonna treat him like one. BAM!
McMillian
Perry
Sure... just put a hat on him so that he is looking out his ear-hole.
Datone Jones kickin' ass today.
