Week 1 2016 Rams Game coaches film analysis

Originally posted by thl408:

dropped pass

In B4 Kap comparisons

Pump fake, throw it to the rb. Beats his man, td.

Originally posted by thl408:
This is the last Rams drive of the 1st half. Also a 3 and out.

Noteable because RayRay properly pattern matches here and it helps to blow up the play. This is a WR screen where the drag route is the only viable target. The Trips side of the formation is blocking for him.


RayRay sees the Drag and matches it before it crosses his face, which is important. All WRs in red are looking for blocks.


The combination of RayRay covering the drag, and Brooks' edge pressure forces Keenum to hold the ball.


AA gets the sack.

Loved how AA recovered his spacing after that spin move instead of committing 100% to the inside, he pushed upfield after the spin. We will definitely need this type of awareness when playing QB's like Cam or Wilson and making sure no lanes are too wide for them to run through.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by thl408:

dropped pass

In B4 Kap comparisons

Boy the Rams and their no cover defense.

2Q 1st & 10
Inside zone. That jump side step burns #97 Sims.
+16

Originally posted by thl408:
2Q 1st & 10
Inside zone. That jump side step burns #97 Sims.
+16

Man does Hyde have a burst. It's weird, he's light on his feet but at the same time, he's heavy when he needs to be on some runs. Only if Hyde ran up off of Patton's right hip. 95 was not going to catch him and he would have cut right on the FS after passing Patton for a TD.

How about Patton sealing the DB?

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by thl408:

2Q 1st & 10
Inside zone. That jump side step burns #97 Sims.
+16

Man does Hyde have a burst. It's weird, he's light on his feet but at the same time, he's heavy when he needs to be on some runs. Only if Hyde ran up off of Patton's right hip. 95 was not going to catch him and he would have cut right on the FS after passing Patton for a TD.

How about Patton sealing the DB?

He did it on draghns Td run too

Originally posted by Niners816:
Coaching is the hope though. I remember reading an interview with Walsh and he said his philosophy was if you could do it once, you could then practice it and do it consistently. I know most of the WCO tree guys believe this. Hopefully at some point Blaine could put it all together consistently. However, I'm not holding my breathe.

The Dan Fouts model is a good one. He went from a QB that was seen as incredibly average to a Hall of Fame quarterback. Bill Walsh was OC of the Chargers in 1976 and from that year on, Fouts showed tremendous improvement and become a top notch starter for the Chargers, particularly during the Air Coryell years. Walsh consistently showed that with hard work and coaching, you could extract the utmost performance from a quarterback and no matter how shaky they might be, you could improve their consistency as passers.



From Bill Walsh's 'Building a Champion.'

"When I became offensive coordinator at San Diego in 1976, Dan Fouts and Jesse Freitas had been sharing the quarterback spot with only average results. It was thought that Dan wasn't a good enough athlete to play quarterback in the NFL, that he was an average thrower and too slow on his feet. We went to work immediately on his mechanics and the very basic fundamentals of NFL-style passing. We spent endless hours on the field for three full months. Like Ken Anderson, Dan was an enthusiastic student of the game.

Dan continued to work hard and it soon paid off. He had a great game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the best of his career to that point and that game really made him. Don Coryell had come to town with his "Air Coryell" attack; it was a homecoming for Don because he had been so successful at San Diego State before going to the Cardinals. The game matched our newly developing offense against their established wide-open attack. On this occasion we destroyed them, 43-24.

Dan Fouts's career came of age at that point. Dan is an outgoing person, humorous but caustic, and he hadn't been well received by his teammates. The team would lose and he would be critical and demanding of them, and they would say, in effect, "what have you done for us lately?" At that time, team morale was terrible. The losers syndrome was well established. But as Dan improved, his leadership qualities took hold and the players began to respond. He was setting a standard for everyone. He was making things happen.

The key was to develop his mechanics and skills to afford him the opportunity to be as efficient as physically possible. Dan is well coordinated but doesn't look it. He's tall and at times appears awkward. He can be in sync and under control but he's the only one who knows it.


He continued to improve all facets of his game. From attempting to function without any timing whatsoever, Dan became a sound, efficient, fully dimensional quarterback. As he began to perform more consistently and effectively, he could take advantage of his great courage and instincts. He couldn't scramble like Anderson but he could stay in the pocket as well as anybody and could throw the ball with great accuracy with pass rushers and blockers within inches of him. He had a knack for feeling the pass rush and seeing downfield.


Call it an instinct, a second sense, a skill:the ability to peripherally feel the pass rush and see downfield is the very basis of professional quarterbacking. If a quarterback begins looking at pass rushers instead of receivers, he is doomed. The instant his concentration reverts from the receivers to the pass rushers, he becomes a running back.

Also, a bit on Steve Young.

"While on a scouting trip, I discreetly found a way to be on the BYU campus when Steve just happened to be working out with members of the football team. I stood behind him and watched him throw just about every type of pass; I could see that he possessed a quick delivery and a fine arm.

We pursued him, but most coaches and general managers of other organizations thought he was too inconsistent to be a starting quarterback in the NFL, not realizing that with hard work on the mechanics and techniques, you can measurably develop a man's consistency. I envisioned a great one-two punch with Steve occasionally alternating with Joe, thus forcing opponents to account for both a right-handed and left-handed quarterback.


Our approach with Steve was the same as with our other quarterbacks, working with him for endless hours on the fundamentals of the game, and how they applied to the 49er offense. Our concepts were completely new to Steve, who had experienced only the most simplistic offenses. He was enthusiastic and excited about his career being revitalized. By this time, there was a 49er mystique, especially in regard to quarterbacking and passing offense.

Originally posted by Joecool:
How about Patton sealing the DB?

Chip is a big believer in his WR's blocking. It's one reason why Chip was able to let Desean Jackson go (besides his attitude) he was too tiny to effectively block.

Chip tells his players "We're not going to throw to you if you won't block". He explains it to Urban Meyers in this video from his Oregon Duck days. About 2:20 in if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fWpnxyUcU

That was the best pass pro I've seen the 49ers complete in maybe 3-4 years.

Originally posted by Driew:

Originally posted by Joecool:
How about Patton sealing the DB?

Chip is a big believer in his WR's blocking. It's one reason why Chip was able to let Desean Jackson go (besides his attitude) he was too tiny to effectively block.

Chip tells his players "We're not going to throw to you if you won't block". He explains it to Urban Meyers in this video from his Oregon Duck days. About 2:20 in if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fWpnxyUcU

Man do I really want to see us line up in a 2-back set and run a triple option.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Man do I really want to see us line up in a 2-back set and run a triple option.

With keapernick as one of the backs

http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/report_49ers_knew_what_plays_the_rams_were_running/s1_12680_21828598

Originally posted by CO9er4life:

Originally posted by Joecool:
Man do I really want to see us line up in a 2-back set and run a triple option.

With keapernick as one of the backs

Also think we can run a zone read where Gabbert keeps it but throws a backward screen pass to a WR (won't get ineligible lineman down field this way).

Sprint right, option to kap, kap throws bomb to smith or runs like a gazell