Originally posted by Niners816:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Originally posted by Niners816:
Originally posted by Giedi:
I like the fact that Kyle can go from 21 personnel to 11 personnel just by changing the formation. Do defenses play base or nickel or dime? 
Man o Man 2018 is going to be *fun* to watch offensively.
Not to get nitpicky, but formation doesn't dictate personnel grouping. Personnel always dictates it. If there is 2 backs and 1 TE on the field it will always be 21 personnel no matter what formation you line up in.
Now our Swiss army knive player is juice....he can act as a back and a move TE so in theory we could bounce between 21 and 12 personnel.
You could go 10 personnel (1HB, 0TE, 4WR) and Line up in a wishbone but it's still 10 personnel.
Totally agree, but McKinnon definitely will stress out defenses that operate the 4-3 under by giving the QB more options in the passing game. The problem defenses have with McKinnon is he can be WR and RB at the same time, so does the defense play base or nickel? The 49ers can go from the 4 wide formation to the diamond formation to an unbalanced line and that would play heck with the defensive calls. Specially with Juszcyzk being a tweener FB/TE, the options just multiply specially with a QB that knows what he's doing on 3rd down! 
I really agree here. Teams that have been operating this defense have one area that can get picked on with the right personnel - the SAM backer in coverage. NE did it to SEA in the SB. That SAM backer is gonna be a guy in the 255-265 range and more of a 3-4 OLB type. He's usually responsible for the flat coverage on his side as 4-3 "under" usually runs a "buzz" flat coverage. It makes it easier on the SAM backer as he just has to cover laterally out to the flat. However, if the TE is hooked over the middle and the WR on that side is clearing out, you isolate a RB on that SAM backer where he has about 15 yards of area to cover that RB in. A guy like McKinnon could flourish in that area.
Your idea was even better than mine. No way can you cover McKinnon with an LB out on a pass route. Add in play action - and it really makes it difficult to pick him up with the correct defensive matchup. With Juszcyzk drawing attention, you are right, that will be open 9 times out of 10.
Here are a couple of Kyle's staple concepts that the half backs plays a big role in the concept. These were highlighted in an article prior to SB52 but they are WCO staples and Kyle's been doing them for years.
The article refers to this first play as a follow concept.
in this example you have the flanker dragging/driving across and the back is running an angle route also referred to as a Texas route. It's called Texas because this route is the basis of the Texas concepts which is a classic WCO cover 2 beater. As drawn though it's what used to be referred to as Hammer in the old school Niner playbooks. Long story short, the back in these type of plays are pretty high up on the progression. Usually primary or secondary and are not simply checkdowns in these cases.
Here's another one where the back and his speed is very important. 
This play can be either mesh's or shallow crosses. But the back runs a wheel out of the backfield. Speed is very beneficial on these type of plays. If defenses concentrate too much on the Mesh/shallow crosses you can get the back on a mismatch and get a big play. Now if the defenses aim to take away the wheel it helps open up the mesh/shallow cross.
My first thought when they signed McKinnon is Kyle busting up man coverage with McKinnon. Make them pay for manning up our receivers. Force them go to more zone, where up on Jimmy dicing and slicing
BTW what happened to your play diagrams looking like it came from an 80's fax machine
[ Edited by qnnhan7 on Mar 14, 2018 at 1:08 PM ]
