No early blitz against SF

[B.BERSIN]

I seriously don't think we should blitz them early in this game because they must be well prepared for that. We should put Davis and mix others there showing we will blitz but then drop back to cover, just like TD jumps and intercepted Brees?

 

Then we do it in the mid of the game and confuse that guy who don't respect us.

 

He will get confused and learn to respect us this time.

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

im expecting alot of quick throws from kapernickel as we molested him last time...i see mc d and rr picking and choosing when and where they blitz based on situation also expect a few wrinkles we havent shown this year...i just reallly really really hope we dont come out in that soft ass zone like we did against the saints and let crabtree beat us like colston 

[lightsout]

I seriously don't think we should blitz them early in this game because they must be well prepared for that. We should put Davis and mix others there showing we will blitz but then drop back to cover, just like TD jumps and intercepted Brees?

 

Then we do it in the mid of the game and confuse that guy who don't respect us.

 

He will get confused and learn to respect us this time.

My thoughts exactly. Plus, we may not need to blitz much with how Hardy and the rest of the DL has been playing. The blitz will be overkill later when we're trying to put the nail in the coffin or when we need it to get a big stop. Definitely need to disguise things though. Mix it up. Give him 2 series (if we don't give up points in the first series) where we don't blitz at all. Then start peppering it in. Send one, then send 2. Then nobody again, and don't even show it (false sense of security). Then send more. Do something that makes him have to guess.

This is the playoffs. All bets are off. No holding back on these guys. If we can walk away with 40 points while holding them to 3, do it.

[KendrickPanther]

Well one thing here. The first thing the 49ers do almost every week is try to establish the run. This game will be a battle to stop the running game and force the pass. I'm not going to sit here and say when to blitz, it's above my knowledge of football. I will say I trust Ron and Sean McD to have a good game plan.

 

Look for the Niners to try some I formation. Get the fullback onto Luke or Thomas and get Gore into the secondary. That is what we have struggled with. The Saints ran well on us. The Jets ran well on us. When teams run well on us they are getting blocks into the second level. It's never like we just miss tackles.

 

From that you will see play action with Crabtree, Davis, and Bolden. Something I have noticed this year is we give up big plays when we let guys get a free release off the line of scrimmage. If we can break the receivers momentum then we can cover them.

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

stopping gore is soooo essential...we can not let him do what the fuggin saints and jets did to us be repeated.....i think your right they will come out and try to establish the run from the jump and i also think they will try and go deep to crabtree or davis early to get a big play and take the crowd out of it, im torn on the subject cuz a huge defensive play early would really get the crowd into it, then that doubt starts to creep in and its all she wrote for the kiebler elf kappernickel so hopefully greg or cj will get an early sack and  we wont need the blitz early....i dont want to take our DBs and safetys off coverage for blitzes but those seem to be really effective as of late, i just worry with bolden and crabtree....front four better earn their money this week

[lightsout]

Well one thing here. The first thing the 49ers do almost every week is try to establish the run. This game will be a battle to stop the running game and force the pass. I'm not going to sit here and say when to blitz, it's above my knowledge of football. I will say I trust Ron and Sean McD to have a good game plan.

 

Look for the Niners to try some I formation. Get the fullback onto Luke or Thomas and get Gore into the secondary. That is what we have struggled with. The Saints ran well on us. The Jets ran well on us. When teams run well on us they are getting blocks into the second level. It's never like we just miss tackles.

 

From that you will see play action with Crabtree, Davis, and Bolden. Something I have noticed this year is we give up big plays when we let guys get a free release off the line of scrimmage. If we can break the receivers momentum then we can cover them.

The thing is, if they jump in I-formation, that means they are doubling somebody along our front 4. If that is what they do, all you do is send a run blitz. For instance, basic pro-I with a split and a flanker. TE to the defense's left. That puts the 3-technique to the left, 1-tech to the right. What you COULD do is line up that 3-tech cocked, aiming for the guard's outside shoulder. This keeps outside leverage in case the RB tries to bounce outside, and it closes A-gap. The DE to that side sets the edge by either pushing the tackle down inside, closing of that gap with a blitz off the edge (he should get there before the RB hits the hole). OR, he keeps outside, draws that tackle wide, and you send your blitz between the tackle and guard. Backside is basic. Center is on the 1-tech, so you send a blitz right at the center. If the center sees it and takes the blitz, the backside guard isn't going to be able to reach the 1-tech unless he has a VERY fast first step (because the 1-tech will be attacking the center's outside shoulder, a cut block won't work without a penalty being thrown). LB is waiting backside, as well as a DE and the safety ready to fill. If you add all of this up, you have at least two guys free who come in unblocked to take on 1 FB and 1 RB.

That's just all hypothetical, assuming they run a FB-lead to the strong side of the formation. There are other possibilities defensively that makes it where you can get 2 guys free to the RB.

If they run a zone (outside), you just have to have guys hit the gaps between blockers when they are there and make sure you force the RB to cut back inside (WAY back inside, and not just cutting up). Force him to reverse direction back into our help (which means we have to be disciplined backside, especially against a back like Gore who has deceptive quickness).

[Pantherman]

The thing is, if they jump in I-formation, that means they are doubling somebody along our front 4. If that is what they do, all you do is send a run blitz. For instance, basic pro-I with a split and a flanker. TE to the defense's left. That puts the 3-technique to the left, 1-tech to the right. What you COULD do is line up that 3-tech cocked, aiming for the guard's outside shoulder. This keeps outside leverage in case the RB tries to bounce outside, and it closes A-gap. The DE to that side sets the edge by either pushing the tackle down inside, closing of that gap with a blitz off the edge (he should get there before the RB hits the hole). OR, he keeps outside, draws that tackle wide, and you send your blitz between the tackle and guard. Backside is basic. Center is on the 1-tech, so you send a blitz right at the center. If the center sees it and takes the blitz, the backside guard isn't going to be able to reach the 1-tech unless he has a VERY fast first step (because the 1-tech will be attacking the center's outside shoulder, a cut block won't work without a penalty being thrown). LB is waiting backside, as well as a DE and the safety ready to fill. If you add all of this up, you have at least two guys free who come in unblocked to take on 1 FB and 1 RB.

That's just all hypothetical, assuming they run a FB-lead to the strong side of the formation. There are other possibilities defensively that makes it where you can get 2 guys free to the RB.

If they run a zone (outside), you just have to have guys hit the gaps between blockers when they are there and make sure you force the RB to cut back inside (WAY back inside, and not just cutting up). Force him to reverse direction back into our help (which means we have to be disciplined backside, especially against a back like Gore who has deceptive quickness).

In others words do what did to them last time. Get pressure and creme the heck of Littlle baby boy Kaep. Also I really hope we see a lot more AJ Klien in this game. The last time we played the 49ers AJ Klien had a out standing game and kept Kaep in check. I love Blackburn and all. But I feel like Ron and McD should allow AJ to start get a lot more playing time and just bring in Blackburn on 3rd downs to cover the TE or RB out of backfield.

 

[lightsout]

In others words do what did to them last time. Get pressure and creme the heck of Littlle baby boy Kaep. Also I really hope we see a lot more AJ Klien in this game. The last time we played the 49ers AJ Klien had a out standing game and kept Kaep in check. I love Blackburn and all. But I feel like Ron and McD should allow AJ to start get a lot more playing time and just bring in Blackburn on 3rd downs to cover the TE or RB out of backfield.

 

THIS ONE MILLION TIMES!

I am SO pissed we haven't seen more Klein. Dude is an animal. As good as we are, we are even better with him on the field. Hopefully when they watch film from the first matchup they notice how great he played against SF and put him back in (who knows, they might have stopped playing him after that game purely to save him for the playoffs so later opponents wouldn't have film on him, since most teams only watch their opponent's last 3 or 4 games).

[Pantherman]

THIS ONE MILLION TIMES!

I am SO pissed we haven't seen more Klein. Dude is an animal. As good as we are, we are even better with him on the field. Hopefully when they watch film from the first matchup they notice how great he played against SF and put him back in (who knows, they might have stopped playing him after that game purely to save him for the playoffs so later opponents wouldn't have film on him, since most teams only watch their opponent's last 3 or 4 games).

 

Yea I hope they do. But I doubt they will. Been a rookie they will limited him to back up as usual unless Blackburn gets hurt. Which I don't want to happen. Even with Blackburn starting. I think we will still see AJ a little more usual in this game coming up.

 

[intangiblejohnny]

Just a thought for debate: I'm developing alot more confidence in our dbs.

I wouldn't mind seeing some nickel blitz considering how fast our lbs are. They could limit alot of qb running damage, while Cpt. comes in from the edge for a big hit or chase down sack.

[B.BERSIN]

I'm pretty concerned our running defense, last time we played them, they ran pretty well in the first half but somehow gave it up in the second half. And they lost.

 

Hope we can do better on stopping them running this time.

[chknwing]