Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Originally posted by Giedi:
They were pretty good in the run game though. That makes a difference if you have a 2nd or 3rd tier QB that can pass OK. As long as the QB doesn't hurt you with turnovers and you have a dominant ground attack - your OLine and your RB will win you some games despite having a Trent Dilfer or Nick Foles as your QB. Then you have that legendary 2000 Raven's defense that (I think) had +23 net turnovers and was ranked number 1 in the turnover ratio department, and you have a legit playoff team right there.
Point being, that you have to have a good OLine to win a lot of games. Nowadays, with the pass happy NFL, that translates to a good *pass blocking* offensive line team to win a lot of games. The run game is still important, but the pass blocking is key nowadays with the new CTE rules.
No one suggest you don't need a good o line. 9ers have had good o lines. They just weren't good enough to make up for tier 7 playoff qb play.
Disagree, Jimmy is a playoff QB (three NFC championship appearances and a super bowl appearance). That 2019 49er OLine was undertalented with the loss of Richburg, and on top of that the matchup with Person and Chris Jones was like matching up Bosa against undersized Dan Audick. Person retired after that game, I think, and is out of football now. That matchup of Chris Jones vs Person was terrible. It doesn't help when your QB is immobile like Jimmy who can't get away from middle pressure if his life depended on it. If we had Richburg at center, we'd have Brunskill at Guard, and I think he'd have done a better job with Chris Jones - Maybe - versus Person.