Coaches Film Analysis: 2018 Season

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

good stuff! Thanks for putting the work in!

I love that they can state strengths and weaknesses, excitement and concerns. Very objective!

thl...thanks for covering the sacks. Very helpful.

This is the very next play after the 20 yard run.
Outside zone right vs Bear front


Tomlinson immediately gets to the second level - that backside LB is in trouble. Compare this to the play above where Person (backside guard) combo blocked the 0tech with Richberg and let the backside LB run free.
Person (playside guard) has to work to make the reach block, it's a battle with the playside 3t.


Those second level blocks by Tomslinson and McG, nice. This is why McG is an upgrade over Trent Brown in run blocking for outside zone. Celek pushes the edge force defender outwards to widen the playside C gap.


McG not only nails his block but maintains it for duration. Great job by the rookie. Person battling the whole way. Breida fits through the narrowest of holes in the C gap.


Blue arrow is the backside LB that was blocked by Tomlinson. He makes it there just in time to watch Breida go by.




To the house.

Originally posted by thl408:
This is the very next play after the 20 yard run.
Outside zone right vs Bear front


Tomlinson immediately gets to the second level - that backside LB is in trouble. Compare this to the play above where Person (backside guard) combo blocked the 0tech with Richberg and let the backside LB run free.
Person (playside guard) has to work to make the reach block, it's a battle with the playside 3t.


Those second level blocks by Tomslinson and McG, nice. This is why McG is an upgrade over Trent Brown in run blocking for outside zone. Celek pushes the edge force defender outwards to widen the playside C gap.


McG not only nails his block but maintains it for duration. Great job by the rookie. Person battling the whole way. Breida fits through the narrowest of holes in the C gap.


Blue arrow is the backside LB that was blocked by Tomlinson. He makes it there just in time to watch Breida go by.




To the house.

Is that also McG almost catching up to Breida near the EZ? haha

Nice hustle!

Originally posted by a49erfan77:
Is that also McG almost catching up to Breida near the EZ? haha

Nice hustle!

Yeah, 310 pound guy flying down the field, looking for work, to potentially deliver one last block if needed.

Originally posted by thl408:
Here's the 3rd sack taken.
Stick-Nod to the left + Shallow Cross over the middle vs Cover 1 Robber (blue)
Jimmy will again look to Kittle to beat his man on a double move (Stick-nod).

Jimmy has to wait for Kittle's route to develop. Kittle is starting his double move and Eli Harold is trying to bust through the B gap between Staley and Tomlinson. Kittle doesn't really sell the outside break (Stick) as his face never turns to the left. Gotta sell it good by turning the head as if he wants to break to the left.

When Kittle breaks upfield, there is no separation as the defender doesn't bite on the Stick portion of the route. At this point, a nice checkdown would be to the Drag route, the other man coverage busting route (Pettis).

But Jimmy kinda of panics and isn't sure what to do. No other route can bust man coverage here, it's either the Stick-Nod or the Drag. Taylor's route is to bust zone and how he drew three defenders is funny. The two routes to the outside (Garcon/Juice) have run out of real estate. This is easily the best sack of Eli Harold's career. All his 49er sacks were when he was unblocked. Looking like Von Mack here.

Can't hate on Harold here, he did a great job getting his hands out to obstruct Garoppolo's view as well.

In the second quarter, it was again Diggs taking away Kittle, and to a lesser extent cornerback Darius Slay covering up Garcon, the secondary option, that allowed the rush to get home. This time it was Eli Harold joining the party.

Rushing from a wide alignment on the right side, Harold had an inside/outside option on his rush. He opted to take the inside path, between the tackle and guard and was able to squeeze through. He also got a hand up on his way to the QB, potentially causing Garoppolo to pull the ball down. Time of sack, 3.4 seconds.

Breida getting me all excited

Originally posted by Dr_Bill_Walsh:

https://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/191331-coaches-film-analysis-2018-season/

Oh stop it

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by jonnydel:

Ward and Lee are playing their underneath responsibility. This gives way too much room for the TE. I get that players still have to understand the down and distance and all that, but they also have to be put in good positions to succeed. Don't give them a flat responsibility and then expect them to play quarters.

Players have to be put in good situations. Look at the stunt they pull. They're asking AA to loop around from the opposite side over the guard along with giving up half the endzone. This is just a plain old bad, bad, bad call.

I've been one who's been, "meh" on Saleh. Haven't hated, haven't loved. But this play has me salty. You just don't do crap like this.

3rd and 15, you were winning with what you're doing and then you go and try and get cute and this happens.

jonnyd, I'm putting this one on Ward. Players do have to understand down and distance and adjust accordingly. There is absolutely no reason for Ward to feel threatened by the RB in the shallow flat. It's 3rd and Goal from the 15. The vertical release from the #2 has to tell Ward to sink with that TE to help his Cover2 safety. Make the QB take you to the flat. A zone defender has to be smart and Ward was not smart on this play. Credit DET for dialing up a route combo against a Cover 2 safety, but Ward hung Colbert out to dry here imo.

same as stated by Spelman iirc. Unless I confuse this play with another one.

Haha.. look how he widen his step through the hole so he won't trip like last year

Good s**t

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by a49erfan77:

Is that also McG almost catching up to Breida near the EZ? haha

Nice hustle!

Yeah, 310 pound guy flying down the field, looking for work, to potentially deliver one last block if needed.

Should check out a glimpse of his fired up celebration when he got to the endzone. Like he had just scored himself. Kyle should drawup a play for the big guy.

The McGlinchy Special

sherm is legit

Originally posted by jonnydel:
Here's our first stop to get us off the field during the Lions's first drive.



DET is going to run an off-tackle run here. They're looking to get the ball in the 3 or 5 hole.



DJ Jones slants inside and the G is trying to cut block him. Buckner fires out nice and low which helps him keep his balance and protect himself against this happening. Jones is really quick off the snap and this defense tries to create a lot of disruption by having that player penetrate. Think of Brandon Mebane who played in Seattle for all those years.



Buckner does a real nice job of keeping his pad level low so that his blocker has to try and block him horizontally.


Jones's disruption blows this play up. His man, who tried to cut him, is now down of the field, he nearly gets the RB's ankle but still slows him down. Because Buckner kept his pad level low and was drive back his blocker gets tangled up in the mess Jones created and Buck's free to scrape and take out the RB.



1 yard gain on 3rd and 3 - punt.

You think Jones is the kind of player we need to get on the field more often? Disruptive and quick

Originally posted by northoakland510:

Looking at the highlights Jimmy took way too many sacks. The main issue I have with it is that the protection was pretty good. Jimmy just stood in the pocket and would not move or let the ball go.

Shanahan, before the game, talked about it being frustrating that they really only had 2.5 quarters of film on them. I'm wondering if this, coupled with the turnovers last week, was why he seemed hesitant. Food for thought.

Originally posted by NinerGM:
jonnydel and thl408

Again outstanding breakdowns.

This.