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Bosa this week compares Sorenson's D to Demeco's; a good sign for Nick, a bounce back year is in order, especially if Floyd can get good pressure.
I like that, you could see his frustration with Wilks last season.
Interesting take. I don't think I noticed his frustration with Wilks, but wonder if he and other players were asked their opinion of him before they canned him.
"The zone read got us a couple of times," Bosa said. "We could have been more prepared there. We have to know in crucial situations who is going to have the ball, and obviously it's him [Mahomes]".
There were a few other quotes from Nick during the season that could be interpreted as frustration with the defensive scheme. Also, his production was down, which could be from scheme change, or his holdout, we'll never know. He sounds pumped to play for Sorenson though.
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Right. There were so many quotes where you could tell Nick wasn't feeling the scheme.
I think the frustration was there for a lot of the guys in the front 7. The DBs rightfully loved the guy but I know the DL and even the linebackers weren't feeling it. There was a lot of talk during the season that guys weren't buying in. I think there was a picture floating around that made it look like guys were looking off into space while Wilks was giving them a speech at one point.
Clearly the lack of effort on defense in the playoffs was somewhat a reflection of that as well. Really hope we get back on track and find ourselves with a defense that has no problem closing out games and holding leads again.
I like the fact that Bosa is talking about this, there were all kinds of excuses out there saying he played it correctly.
The D/C on a team being run by a O/C (at heart) has to be dialed in.
Crazy thing is Wilks got us to the super bowl through all of that confusion.
It felt like the 49ers offense carried us for the bulk of the year, and the defense did just enough.
Lions NFCCG was a lot hairier on defense than I think it would've been if we had Saleh or Ryans as DC. I'm sure the stats support that Wilks was solid as a DC, but I never felt comfortable with him as defensive coordinator. With Ryans, especially, I always felt he would mix things up and call a great play call against the opposing offense.
As for Bosa... He's a top defensive end. But I honestly feel like, especially when we get to playoffs, teams are going to throw the kitchen sink at him to avoid having him beat them. Sure, we expect an elite player to make plays in spite of that... but I'm more interested to see what kind of pressure that the rest of the front 7 provides. If protection schemes are trying to thwart Bosa, that should leave one-on-one pass-rushing opportunities to other guys... or maybe one or two less skill position players not running routes, but staying into protect.