Coach - Steve Wilks thread

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
and look at 31, he's getting suckered up on the intermediate route, then he has to turn and watch a TD, he didn't play it correct, Ward didn't catch the ball either
scheme did no favors, but come on, let's execute also,

Again, there was absolutely no reason to call that blitz in that situation with 16 seconds left on the clock. What is the purpose? It was an aggressively bad decision and it's a pattern for him.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by KittleMeThis:
I'm definitely putting this loss on the defense and the play calling of the defense.

Calling of the blitz at the end of the half was a bad play call. 16 seconds and no time outs. instead of potentially going into the half 10-7 at worst maybe 13-7. But no, we give them a TD instead making it 16-7 losing all momentum we built.

The 0 sacks is what kills me. 40% of the damn cap is invested in the damn DL and we got nothing from them. Where the hell is Armstead? A name haven't heard much from. Kept this fool instead of Buckner. Hargrave had some pressure, Bosa fails to live up to his contract thus far.

Without pressure our DB's are getting exposed and it's showing very clearly.

I feel the O is more to blame for last night, the D had real issues on 3rd downs, most of my concerns are execution, missed tackles, jumping the wrong route, not catching a ball you have to come down with,

Yea we can pick on some plays on offense too, but for majority of the game it's on the defense.

Not putting stops on these 3rd and longs was terrible. Their main weapons were addison and Hockenson. Felt like we couldn't cover either of them.

Not feeling confident.

I also got tickets to this weekends game, not feeling so confident at the moment.

I always wanted Wade Phillips to be our DC.

Cool to see even from the couch and well past retirement even he would've won this game for us.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
what are we talking about, we allow 15.6 ppg, that's better than Ryans, or Saleh
let's bring some reality to the convo, not chicken little sky is falling, which is all too easy after an L
Daniel Jones is not a part of this, he's irrelevant

We've played 1 playoff team so far out of 7 games (no, Browns and Steelers are not making the playoffs). Each team with the exception of the Cowboys is in the bottom half in offensive ranking. We haven't played against an elite QB yet. Cousins had 2 wide open throws he missed in the redzone or else we lose by even more. So that ppg stat is weighted down by the weak schedule and the mediocre to terrible offenses we've gone against.

I'm very concerned what Burrow will do now that he's healthy and coming off of bye. Then we'll have Lawrence, Hurts, Lamar all coming up. Wilks needs to get his s**t together and fix his D

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
and look at 31, he's getting suckered up on the intermediate route, then he has to turn and watch a TD, he didn't play it correct, Ward didn't catch the ball either
scheme did no favors, but come on, let's execute also,

Again, there was absolutely no reason to call that blitz in that situation with 16 seconds left on the clock. What is the purpose? It was an aggressively bad decision and it's a pattern for him.

I concede it wasn't the situation to stack 7 on the los, would be interested to hear his thought process
I see two guys seriously effing up the execution on the back end, no way around that, if that's a pick are we bellyaching about scheme on the play today? probably not

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
I concede it wasn't the situation to stack 7 on the los, would be interested to hear his thought process
I see two guys seriously effing up the execution on the back end, no way around that, if that's a pick are we bellyaching about scheme on the play today? probably not

100 percent against the call even if we get a meaningless pick in that spot. This play is the best example of poor situational football, which has been an issue pretty much all season with exception for the Dallas game, especially at the end of halves.

Has this dude had a presser yet or is he still cleaning the s**t off his bed sheets? I gotta hear some accountability from him. Defense is much worse than the last 2 years and he has better personnel.

Originally posted by rrallan1:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
what are we talking about, we allow 15.6 ppg, that's better than Ryans, or Saleh
let's bring some reality to the convo, not chicken little sky is falling, which is all too easy after an L
Daniel Jones is not a part of this, he's irrelevant

We've played 1 playoff team so far out of 7 games (no, Browns and Steelers are not making the playoffs). Each team with the exception of the Cowboys is in the bottom half in offensive ranking. We haven't played against an elite QB yet. Cousins had 2 wide open throws he missed in the redzone or else we lose by even more. So that ppg stat is weighted down by the weak schedule and the mediocre to terrible offenses we've gone against.

I'm very concerned what Burrow will do now that he's healthy and coming off of bye. Then we'll have Lawrence, Hurts, Lamar all coming up. Wilks needs to get his s**t together and fix his D

I'll bet Steelers make the playoffs

Originally posted by rrallan1:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
what are we talking about, we allow 15.6 ppg, that's better than Ryans, or Saleh
let's bring some reality to the convo, not chicken little sky is falling, which is all too easy after an L
Daniel Jones is not a part of this, he's irrelevant

We've played 1 playoff team so far out of 7 games (no, Browns and Steelers are not making the playoffs). Each team with the exception of the Cowboys is in the bottom half in offensive ranking. We haven't played against an elite QB yet. Cousins had 2 wide open throws he missed in the redzone or else we lose by even more. So that ppg stat is weighted down by the weak schedule and the mediocre to terrible offenses we've gone against.

I'm very concerned what Burrow will do now that he's healthy and coming off of bye. Then we'll have Lawrence, Hurts, Lamar all coming up. Wilks needs to get his s**t together and fix his D

what's an elite QB? Burrow is playing like an idiot this season just ask Cincy fans, they feel he should have probably been IRd, they rushed him back
Dak and Kirk are pretty darn good QBs if you ask me
we played Stafford, he's not elite all the sudden?

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
I concede it wasn't the situation to stack 7 on the los, would be interested to hear his thought process
I see two guys seriously effing up the execution on the back end, no way around that, if that's a pick are we bellyaching about scheme on the play today? probably not

I think people would still be wondering why we're calling an all out blitz in that situation even if we get the pick. Let's be real. The playcall had nothing to gain and everything to lose. We get a pick; great, we stuffed the stat sheet and go into the locker room at half.

Originally posted by rrallan1:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
I concede it wasn't the situation to stack 7 on the los, would be interested to hear his thought process
I see two guys seriously effing up the execution on the back end, no way around that, if that's a pick are we bellyaching about scheme on the play today? probably not

I think people would still be wondering why we're calling an all out blitz in that situation even if we get the pick. Let's be real. The playcall had nothing to gain and everything to lose. We get a pick; great, we stuffed the stat sheet and go into the locker room at half.

My point is you can't say it's all on scheme, it's also on execution. Ward failed to execute catching a ball he had on a platter. No clue what Gip is doing on that play either. He effed it up also. It's a combination.

Originally posted by rrallan1:
I think people would still be wondering why we're calling an all out blitz in that situation even if we get the pick. Let's be real. The playcall had nothing to gain and everything to lose. We get a pick; great, we stuffed the stat sheet and go into the locker room at half.

Results oriented people would probably glaze over it but that's the way fans work. It was a god awful decision.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
My point is you can't say it's all on scheme, it's also on execution. Ward failed to execute catching a ball he had on a platter. No clue what Gip is doing on that play either. He effed it up also. It's a combination.

Are you sure Gipson made the wrong play there. Look at the coverage from behind the play.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
what's an elite QB? Burrow is playing like an idiot this season just ask Cincy fans, they feel he should have probably been IRd, they rushed him back
Dak and Kirk are pretty darn good QBs if you ask me
we played Stafford, he's not elite all the sudden?

Burrow played hurt. I know a lot of Bengals fans, they know he'll come back and were hoping to show signs of recovery before the bye week, which he did against the Hawks. Seriously Dak and Kirk?? They're Tier 3. Stafford is not elite. Cmon you kidding me?

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
can't we say it's both? ball went thru Ward, and Gip seemingly misplayed it badly. that's execution, if Wilks schemed it where players were not in position to make a play, that's scheme, I saw two guys in position to make a play, one bit on the wrong route, the other had the ball go thru him,

Two major things changed on the defense this offseason.

1. They signed Hargrave

2. They hired Wilks

If most if your defense is suddenly underperforming, that's a coaching/playcalling issue. I haven't seen the defense simply be unable to get off the field this badly since 2016.

is it underperforming tho? let's start with the premise

we are 3rd in points
we are 8th in yds
we are #1 in most INTs
we concede 15.6 ppg (which in today's NFL is elite)

numbers like that don't jive with the FIRE WILKS vibes I am reading
if Ward catches a ball last night, we probably win the game, he had that ball, just make the plays on a platter to be made

grief, 15.6 ppg, with Shanny and all the All Pros on O, that should be a fantastic recipe, one would think, and I think it is over time
just had a sloppy 2 weeks, mostly on O let's not forget that,
last week was the I think lowest yards output of the KS era on O
ton of turnovers last night on O

All those stats happened despite Wilks. It's only because we have players like Dre, Fred that make outstanding contributions.

Our eyes don't lie: we're not sacking the QB despite having one of the highest paid DLs and adding Hargrave who looks like he's an upgrade.

The defensive calls are bad and they must be predictable because other teams are competing 3rd and long. Before last night the Vikings were 35% on 3rd down. Last night almost 80%. It's not just luck, it's the coaches putting the players in the wrong position to succeed.

That 3rd down play before the half with 16 seconds and leaving no one deep was absolute stupidity. Kyle and Lynch need to be having a talk with Wilks today and get his calls straight. He's also tipping a predictable coverage on 3rd downs and they need to disguise or change things up.

Whitner said last night if our front 4 isn't getting to the QB, then you blitz and don't get home you dont keep doing it and leaving your weak CBs on one on one coverage. You cover them up and get coverage sacks. When was the last time we did that? Wilks lacks patience and is predictable.