Week 3 Arizona Cardinals coaches film analysis

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
footwork footwork footwork

Kap has been bad with it so far on the year

the sad thing is he has shown better footwork in the Pitt and Vikings game. he looked good in them. idk anymore....

Originally posted by Luckycharms:

Originally posted by thl408:
Okay cool. I agree if Lewis was with LeBeau then he has been in a pattern match scheme. I am about to email Matt Barrows to ask him to ask Mangini why he isn't pattern matching.

I messaged him on istagram earlier today to do the same thing, maybe if some of us do it, the question will get asked and we can get an answer

whats his instagram???

Originally posted by jreff22:

Cam Inman ‏@CamInman 54m54 minutes ago
Kaepernick said after Monday film review of his Arizona miscues, he moved onto Packers. Says should have thrown elsewhere, changed plays



Weren't the calls correct? Just that he was late?

Yup, either he's just giving answers he thinks they want to hear, or he really doesn't get it

Originally posted by thl408:
Here's the second pick 6.

This is 1st & 10, that needs to be mentioned.
I think ARI is in some kind of Quarters coverage based the alignment of the DBs on Torrey and Boldin and the shallow depth of the safeties. Notice the soft cushion on Boldin. Easy yards on the Curl, right?
Sucker concept to Kap's right.


Kap completes the playaction, dropback, and looks to his left towards VD. That's fine, Kap saw the safety on that side of the field playing shallow. If VD can win a good release, there's big play potential. With both defenders playing over the top, Kap will red light VD. To the next read.


Kap looks to the Sucker concept and starts his windup...but he doesn't pull the trigger. Torrey is setting a partial pick.


After the pump fake, Kap finally targets Boldin. Way too late.


Horrible throwing position. The pass rush pressure is on Kap because Kap is late throwing the ball.


Late throw, bad throwing position which leads to the low velocity.


A Curl route is most open when it first curls. Never pump fake to a curl route. The only thing that does is draw attention to the route. Had Kap thrown it when he was pump faking, this isn't a pick6. At worst, Boldin gets hit right as the ball arrives.

On this play the smart QB's and coaches in the league signal the slot receiver who has a 10 yard cushion and immediately throws him the ball which nets at least 5 yards. This gets easy yardage and eventually will force them to switch up their coverage. I blame coaching for this because its offense 101, take the easy yards.

I would like to see an analysis of the DL and what there responsibilities appear to be. Reason why I'm asking is because Aldon Smith has 0 sacks. Why do we want back a player who does not have a sack but appeared to be in the best shape of his career? Just wonder why does he have 0 sacks? Is it more scheme than anything? Fangio's DL did a lot of coordination with the Tackle/End combos whereas it doesn't seem like we are doing that anymore.

One thing is for sure, the talent on this D-Line is getting wasted. Did you notice ARI could not run on us early in the game?

Bad game....lets move on....still a long season left....plenty of opportunities left this season....short memory LETS GO 49ERS!!!!

Originally posted by defenderDX:

Originally posted by Luckycharms:

Originally posted by thl408:

Okay cool. I agree if Lewis was with LeBeau then he has been in a pattern match scheme. I am about to email Matt Barrows to ask him to ask Mangini why he isn't pattern matching.

I messaged him on istagram earlier today to do the same thing, maybe if some of us do it, the question will get asked and we can get an answer

whats his instagram???

MattBarrows is his Instagram name. I think Mangini only does press conferences once a week on Monday. So we might have to wait till after the packers game to get the question and answer. The more people we get to message him, the better chance of getting that question asked I would assume

Originally posted by audick:
It's been shown that Kap's first pick is a throw he has easily made before. It's been shown that his mechanics were off on this one.

I'm asking you to bear with me because you can talk about the mechanics of what went wrong, but no one has been able to explain the incredibly curious case of Kap's inconsistency. Psychologists have noted that the fight-or-flight response creates tunnel vision-a measurable decrease in peripheral vision. I believe Kap's problem is not "IQ" but emotional. It seems that he doesn't know what to do with feelings of anxiety. He denies that they exist and covers them up with bravado instead of recognizing that anxiety is normal, all manly men have it, and it must be dealt with. instead, he denies it, and is often really bad in the beginnings of games when anxiety is at its highest. Remember the Super Bowl. Remember the first play of the Raider game, another simple throw that he could do in his sleep.

I know that people in this thread rightfully don't want to talk about emotion. But I wonder if fundamentally people respond to Kap the way I do. I feel his anxiety on every play. He doesn't seem to realize it's there.

Very interesting observation and thesis....I'm wondering if he doesn't keep himself under stress and anxiety all the time as he believes this is necessary to fuel his determination to succeed. He does always see to be tight emotionally, very seldom relaxed which syncs with your observation. His tattoo, "Against all odds" says a lot. That may be his identity. The underdog always struggling against the odds. I don't think Montana or Young felt that way. Montana for one, always went on the field believing he would engineer the drive that would win the game. Many who played with him have said they all felt it to. The immense power of the mind is brought to the forefront here. Maybe your right. Maybe Kap really needs someone to help him with his psycho emotional state.

Originally posted by audick:
It's been shown that Kap's first pick is a throw he has easily made before. It's been shown that his mechanics were off on this one.

I'm asking you to bear with me because you can talk about the mechanics of what went wrong, but no one has been able to explain the incredibly curious case of Kap's inconsistency. Psychologists have noted that the fight-or-flight response creates tunnel vision-a measurable decrease in peripheral vision. I believe Kap's problem is not "IQ" but emotional. It seems that he doesn't know what to do with feelings of anxiety. He denies that they exist and covers them up with bravado instead of recognizing that anxiety is normal, all manly men have it, and it must be dealt with. instead, he denies it, and is often really bad in the beginnings of games when anxiety is at its highest. Remember the Super Bowl. Remember the first play of the Raider game, another simple throw that he could do in his sleep.

I know that people in this thread rightfully don't want to talk about emotion. But I wonder if fundamentally people respond to Kap the way I do. I feel his anxiety on every play. He doesn't seem to realize it's there.

Wow! I am very impressed by this post because this something that is significantly overlooked, yet it is integral to the success of any individual that works in an environment where the fight-or-flight reaction is triggered. You can be a world beater in practice where the environment is controlled, but its entirely different when your brain's ability to process information on the fly is hindered when you introduce anxiety, cortisol and adrenaline.

After the 49ers could not convert on 3rd & 1 (Power Right), 49ers punted. On ARI's ensuing drive...

So with the 49ers' Fire zone blitz not getting to the QB and Palmer slicing up the defense, the 49ers decide to change it up a bit. ARI dials up another three level flood along the sideline.
Versus Cover 2 Man
Brock (26) is lined up across from John Brown (12). In Cover2 Man, the CBs want to funnel WRs away from the middle of the field because that's where the large seam between the safeties are. This means Brock can't get beat to the inside (middle of the field).


Brock gets beat to the inside.


Luckily Brown's route calls for him to run a Corner/Sail type route that breaks towards the sideline, not a seam route down the middle of the field.


At this point, what does it even matter? Brock is burnt toast. Bethea widens to provide help for DJohnson on MFloyd, the WR going up the near sideline. Palmer is mid release, targeting JBrown.


+27 yards. So the 49ers change up the coverage and still get victimized for a chunk play. This is the play Brock lets up and gives a very half assed effort chasing Brown for the tackle after the catch (not shown). It would set up a 1 yard TD run to make the game 28-0.

On the ensuing 49er drive, Patton commits a personal foul and changes what should have been a 3rd & 5 into a 3rd & 20. Very ill advised penalty and unnecessary at this point in the game. The 49ers would punt after failing to convert on 3rd & 20.

Originally posted by thl408:

On the ensuing 49er drive, Patton commits a personal foul and changes what should have been a 3rd & 5 into a 3rd & 20. Very ill advised penalty and unnecessary at this point in the game. The 49ers would punt after failing to convert on 3rd & 20.

That was a terrible flag though, he jumps over Davis, not a cardinal. Nothing he did was a personal foul

On the next ARI drive, the 49ers would force a 3 and out.

versus Cover3


Reid rotates down as the curl/flat defender. Palmer is targeting MFloyd on the skinny post. Palmer could have targeted either route to his right and had an open WR.

Palmer doesn't make an accurate throw, slightly underthrowing Floyd.


49ers force a punt.

The biggest 49er play of the game:

With good field position, the 49ers would capitalize and score.
Read-option


Key defender crashes down on the Dive so Kap will keep it. ARI is executing a scrape exchange as the ILB (51) will scrape over the top.


Kap is still able to outrun #51. Touchdown!