Holmgren: “Ohhhh boy! [clearly enamored with Kaepernick's performance against the Packers] And you know what, there were guys wide open. I mean, you know, there wasn’t a whole lot of tough things that happened with there – with the receivers. But you can give him credit. He can do that. And when you have the multi-purpose back -- quarterback like he is – not unlike Russell – Russell Wilson’s the same thing. OK, I think you stick with the same plan. You rush, but it’s a little bit of a controlled rush. And you try and push up the middle. You try and get your push (and kind of a relentless push) up the middle to make him turn out to the guys on the outside.”
Softy: “That means Brandon Mebane, Tony McDaniel, maybe Bobby Wagner inside linebacker up the gut – maybe some stunts with guys moving over and things like that?”
Holmgren: “Yeah, but that’s why you’ve got to do a good job against the run. So, you have to create down and distance situations that more than likely they’re going to have to pass. And when you know they’re going to have to pass, OK, now you turn the big guys inside instead of them reading the run and reading the head and doing all that stuff – you know, flattening the down. [Softy laughs] You know, whatever they tell those guys. You know, you go, ‘Hey, this is your chance. You never get to cut it loose. You’re always blocking, taking 2 guys on so the linebacker can make the play – NOW, uh-uh, Now you go get him!’ And you’d be surprised. Brandon Mebane has good pass rush ability. He does and Red does too and the big guys inside. When you cut ‘em loose, they like that.”