Scottemojo
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First a few notes that can be seen from the broadcast as well as the all-22.
Seattle struggled mightily to create yards on first down. by my count, which is quite likely wrong, 43 yards on 14 runs ( I stopped tabualting first down plays when it became clear it was clock killing time). Take out Turbin's 13 yard run vs a 6 man front, and it's 13 first down runs for 30 yards.
Which killed play action. The all 22 shows San Fran's secondary not giving any concern to runs stop on play action, with their corners and safeties taking very deep drops during the paly action. Wilson would go to his deep read, and no chance.
On the interception, either Wilson made a terrible pass, or Tate was supposed to angle to the sideline. Reid has eyes on WIlson the whole play, Tate looks, sees the ball is going to his left, and when he tried to adjust is when he trips. I think he could have gotten there, but most likely he is playing pass D more than trying to make a catch.
I think it was in the gameplan to test the rookie safety, but that is a bad matchup.
At 12:05, the loss of Okung first shows up. McQuistin gets smoked by Smith, and too bad, because Rice had broken coverage and is 5 yards behind the D with nobody between him and the endline. Russell is getting set to let it go when he gets squished.
7:29 , 2nd qtr. The play where Brooks smokes Wilson on the fake handoff. It seems to me this is a called play if San Fran sees the RO look, because as the ball is snapped Reid is coming up from his deep spot to fill the area behind Brooks. Reid looks terrible in whiffing on Lynch, it was a very I don't want any kind of attempted ankle grab. I think this play was pivotal in making Bevell not call as much read option for a while, as well as allowing San Fran to start ignoring Russell and crashing down on the RB in read option for most of the rest of the game.
1:41 of the second quarter, Turbin rips a 24 yard run. It gets called back, holding on Breno. I still can't figure out how it was anything but a good block.
10:05 3rd qtr. Tate motions to running back behind Wilson. Wilson fakes the toss to Tate, then bootlegs into an 8 yard sack. Brooks gets the face mask, otherwise this is one ugly play. File this formation away, I think this was a play really meant for Harvin. In fact, Tate looks to me like he only has one guy to beat around the left side. Toss to Tate may have been a touchdown.
9:18 3rd qtr. 11 personnel, read option gun. Niners respond with nickel. Brooks has contain, so he makes a move neither toward Wilson or Lynch, really meaning Seattle has 6 guys to block 5 up front. Touchdown, 14 easy yards.
3:48, 3rd qtr. Seattle aligns in same read option formation as the previous touchdown. Brooks crashes down on Lynch, Wilson gives it anyway, 2 yard gain. I am beginning to think some of these read options are just play fakes, with Wilson having no intent to keep.
Some other notes:
When Seattle had a fullback in the game, the Niners almost always stacked 8. When it was single back, Lynch and Turbin ran very, very well. San Fran's nickel is extremely easy to run on, especially with Dahl back there at safety. Their base defense, not so much. They have no problem putting Whitner on Miller, who could not get open for the most part.
I have always been quick to bang on Bevell, I'm not here to do this right now. I have no illusions about why we were running on 8 man fronts, it was all an attempt to win a bare knuckle brawl. However, San Fran was letting us dictate personnel, they responded with nickel to most 11 personnel groups, and were just getting gashed by runs in that grouping. Play action vs that group was mostly a waste, they were geeked up to stop play action in the secondary all night, and for the most part our receivers struggled to get much separation.
Seattle struggled mightily to create yards on first down. by my count, which is quite likely wrong, 43 yards on 14 runs ( I stopped tabualting first down plays when it became clear it was clock killing time). Take out Turbin's 13 yard run vs a 6 man front, and it's 13 first down runs for 30 yards.
Which killed play action. The all 22 shows San Fran's secondary not giving any concern to runs stop on play action, with their corners and safeties taking very deep drops during the paly action. Wilson would go to his deep read, and no chance.
On the interception, either Wilson made a terrible pass, or Tate was supposed to angle to the sideline. Reid has eyes on WIlson the whole play, Tate looks, sees the ball is going to his left, and when he tried to adjust is when he trips. I think he could have gotten there, but most likely he is playing pass D more than trying to make a catch.
I think it was in the gameplan to test the rookie safety, but that is a bad matchup.
At 12:05, the loss of Okung first shows up. McQuistin gets smoked by Smith, and too bad, because Rice had broken coverage and is 5 yards behind the D with nobody between him and the endline. Russell is getting set to let it go when he gets squished.
7:29 , 2nd qtr. The play where Brooks smokes Wilson on the fake handoff. It seems to me this is a called play if San Fran sees the RO look, because as the ball is snapped Reid is coming up from his deep spot to fill the area behind Brooks. Reid looks terrible in whiffing on Lynch, it was a very I don't want any kind of attempted ankle grab. I think this play was pivotal in making Bevell not call as much read option for a while, as well as allowing San Fran to start ignoring Russell and crashing down on the RB in read option for most of the rest of the game.
1:41 of the second quarter, Turbin rips a 24 yard run. It gets called back, holding on Breno. I still can't figure out how it was anything but a good block.
10:05 3rd qtr. Tate motions to running back behind Wilson. Wilson fakes the toss to Tate, then bootlegs into an 8 yard sack. Brooks gets the face mask, otherwise this is one ugly play. File this formation away, I think this was a play really meant for Harvin. In fact, Tate looks to me like he only has one guy to beat around the left side. Toss to Tate may have been a touchdown.
9:18 3rd qtr. 11 personnel, read option gun. Niners respond with nickel. Brooks has contain, so he makes a move neither toward Wilson or Lynch, really meaning Seattle has 6 guys to block 5 up front. Touchdown, 14 easy yards.
3:48, 3rd qtr. Seattle aligns in same read option formation as the previous touchdown. Brooks crashes down on Lynch, Wilson gives it anyway, 2 yard gain. I am beginning to think some of these read options are just play fakes, with Wilson having no intent to keep.
Some other notes:
When Seattle had a fullback in the game, the Niners almost always stacked 8. When it was single back, Lynch and Turbin ran very, very well. San Fran's nickel is extremely easy to run on, especially with Dahl back there at safety. Their base defense, not so much. They have no problem putting Whitner on Miller, who could not get open for the most part.
I have always been quick to bang on Bevell, I'm not here to do this right now. I have no illusions about why we were running on 8 man fronts, it was all an attempt to win a bare knuckle brawl. However, San Fran was letting us dictate personnel, they responded with nickel to most 11 personnel groups, and were just getting gashed by runs in that grouping. Play action vs that group was mostly a waste, they were geeked up to stop play action in the secondary all night, and for the most part our receivers struggled to get much separation.
