Wildcard Discussion: 49ers @ Eagles

[Mike FF Today 760]

Inactives -

49ers: WR Ricky Pearsall, LB Dee Winters, LB Luke Gifford, CB Chase Lucas, DL Kevin Givens, WR Jordan Watkins, RB Isaac Guerendo

Eagles: OLB Josh Uche, QB Sam Howell, CB Jakorian Bennett, RB AJ Dillon, OL Brett Toth, RT Lane Johnson, DT Ty Robinson

Line: PHI -5.5
Total: 43.5

[weepaws 3,480]

Okay, Eagles you simply need to win, at home, by four points.  

[Mike FF Today 760]

Kittle headed to the locker room. Achilles injury. Yikes.  

[Ray_T 798]

30 minutes ago, Mike FF Today said:

Kittle headed to the locker room. Achilles injury. Yikes.  

damn, that guy is always getting injured.   Timing on this one couldnt possibly be worse.    if they wanna beat Philly they need that guy.

[nobody 2,978]

Teams still haven't figured out to follow mccaffery wherever he goes. 

If I was a defensive coach, mofo wouldn't be able to take a leak without a linebacker and safety staring at his junk.

[jrokh 622]

always a good day when the overrated Iggles choke yet again! Siriani can wipe that smirk off his face for good...

[Flipper 75]

It was close but that D was scrappy.  Shanahan got the best of Fangio for once.

[Ray_T 798]

3 hours ago, nobody said:

Teams still haven't figured out to follow mccaffery wherever he goes. 

If I was a defensive coach, mofo wouldn't be able to take a leak without a linebacker and safety staring at his junk.

I think the mistake is that teams are having a LB covering him out of the backfield and a LB isnt fast enough to cover him.   its a guaranteed mismatch.

the only solution is a safety.   most safetys have the speed to cover a guy like him.    shouldnt be wasting anyones time having a LB cover CMC.  

[weepaws 3,480]

Congrats Niners fans, go to the Eagles home and winning , that was big.  

[Bier Meister 1,784]

13 hours ago, Ray_T said:

I think the mistake is that teams are having a LB covering him out of the backfield and a LB isnt fast enough to cover him.   its a guaranteed mismatch.

the only solution is a safety.   most safetys have the speed to cover a guy like him.    shouldnt be wasting anyones time having a LB cover CMC.  

typically, this would create the coverage dilemma with CMC/Kittle. Tonges has filled in nicely, but kittle exploits the lb/ss decision as well

[Ray_T 798]

4 hours ago, Bier Meister said:

typically, this would create the coverage dilemma with CMC/Kittle. Tonges has filled in nicely, but kittle exploits the lb/ss decision as well

agreed.  which is why Kittle has been exceptionally good since CMC came to the team.

CMC is by far the bigger threat, so he draws the safety coverage.   there are some LB's who have the speed to cover kittle but most of the time you need a DB/safety on him as well.

This (primarily) is the reason this offense is as successful as it is.  this setup causes mismatches all over the field.

if you cover those two with a safety/DB  then you  likely need a LB covering a WR.    so your #3 WR puts up better numbers than you would normally expect.

and if you note, when the starting QB got injured the backup came in and the offense was equally effective.    That is because the effectiveness of the offense is based on the system and personell.  not on the QB.    so long as the QB is capable of playing within the system, the offense will still run effectively.

this setup likely results in a lot more zone defense play calls because if you play man D you get beaten on the mismatch I spoke to earlier in this note.   Its really quite a nice setup.   

I dont like shanny.  I need to be honest about that, but I have to respect what hes been able to accomplish with this team.

[Bier Meister 1,784]

as a lifetime 49ers fan, i am aware of Shanahan's use of personnel. he was doing this with mostert, breida, coleman, and wilson before cmc (cmc is just an elite triple treat rb when healthy) 

 

not all qbs have succeeded with him though.

 

i really wish he could do something with the training room

[LaChup 280]

I wouldn't be surprised if Kittle's man bun is what caused his achilles injury. That or the EMFs. I hope they look into it.