I'm not a big fan of PFF but was curious when I saw their revised grades for 49ers/Hawks. Four of our OL received good grades and were among the top six on offense (#1 Iupati #3 Fant #5 Hunt #6 Fluker) while Ifedi received an average grade.
Prior to the final drive there were five plays on offense that significantly caused a drive to stall out.
#1 1Q 14:47 2nd-10 Run: Homer cuts back inside when there was room to the outside. Led to 3rd and long (#2).
#2 1Q 14:03 3rd-9 Pass: Missed connection between Russ and Brown. Punt.
#3 1Q 05:08 3rd-3 Pass: Missed connection between Russ and Metcalf. Punt.
#4 2Q 12:15 3rd-2 Pass: Russ sacked for 10 yards. Ifedi gets beat after 2 seconds so mostly on him, but receivers were covered well. Punt.
#5 2Q 0:49 4th-1 Run: Lynch for no gain because Swoopes gets blown up by Bosa at the point of attack. Drawback of having your 5th string TE in the game, turnover on downs.
The next three drives all resulted in touchdowns and we all know how the final drive ended.
Really the difference between our first and second half offenses were just these five first half plays, none of which were more difficult then third downs we converted in the second half. Ifedi had one bad play that killed a drive and other than that our line played well.
Prior to the final drive there were five plays on offense that significantly caused a drive to stall out.
#1 1Q 14:47 2nd-10 Run: Homer cuts back inside when there was room to the outside. Led to 3rd and long (#2).
#2 1Q 14:03 3rd-9 Pass: Missed connection between Russ and Brown. Punt.
#3 1Q 05:08 3rd-3 Pass: Missed connection between Russ and Metcalf. Punt.
#4 2Q 12:15 3rd-2 Pass: Russ sacked for 10 yards. Ifedi gets beat after 2 seconds so mostly on him, but receivers were covered well. Punt.
#5 2Q 0:49 4th-1 Run: Lynch for no gain because Swoopes gets blown up by Bosa at the point of attack. Drawback of having your 5th string TE in the game, turnover on downs.
The next three drives all resulted in touchdowns and we all know how the final drive ended.
Really the difference between our first and second half offenses were just these five first half plays, none of which were more difficult then third downs we converted in the second half. Ifedi had one bad play that killed a drive and other than that our line played well.