Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
Originally posted by Bluesbro:
Originally posted by thl408:
Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
When Walsh installed a 4-1-6 in SB 19 (including on first down), the Niners had previously played a 3-4 in base. He took out regulars Dan Bunz, Riki Ellison and Jack Reynolds at linebacker. He replaced them with ER Fred Dean and DBs Tom Holmoe and Dana McLemore. Holmoe and McLemore had been little used in defense previously. So, the Niners' defense underwent at least as big of a change as I'm suggesting might be considered in SB 54.
Good knowledge. I was too young to remember those specifics. Seems like it can happen and it'd be a wrinkle KC can't scout for since it's not on film. If Saleh uses it, it'd be such a Belichik-like adjustment. I'm not going to pretend I know more than Saleh. If he goes with this tactic, he'll have his good reasons.
I doubt he makes any big changes, at least to start. For all his talk about 'all gas no brakes', it seems like his natural tendencies are to play it safe.
You may be right, but Saleh did early on "travel" Sherman to follow Davante Adams in the NFC title game. That was a big change. After the Niners big lead, Saleh played it safer by reverting to form with Sherman staying on the left side. But Adams was more successful in the second half.
Saleh said he was just trying to mess with Matt LeFleur's head. By showing that early, you make it less predictable who will be where and who's on who. For example, if you're in 2nd and 9, teams might run to the right side, not to get a first down, but to create more room to the left side of the field away from Sherman to work a concept. If you've shown Sherm on the left side once or twice, they're going to think twice about using such an approach and now you've got them playing out of their gameplan.
Regardless of the reason for the change, my comment responded to
Bluesbro's suggestion that Saleh wouldn't make any big changes like installing a 4-1-6. Moving Sherman was a big change even if for only a handful of plays. While Saleh mentioned "boundary" in his explanation why Sherman played the right side, he also mentions the reason as expecting the Packers to attack with a "go-ball" early.
Reporter's question:
Richard moved to the right side a couple times last game. He was saying maybe just kind of to mess with them. I'm not going to ask whether you're going to do it in the Super Bowl, but was that the thinking, was to mess around with them? And has he moved very much in the last few years here?
Saleh answered:
"He hasn't. It was just to throw a wrench, whatever wrench that we could create early in the game. We were trying to find ways that they could attack us and we thought maybe they would come out and just try to throw a
go-ball early. So, just put him out there to the
boundary and really get [Green Bay Packers head coach Matt] Matty [LaFleur] thinking a little bit. So, that was about it."
it's Iike having two extra lineman out there
West Coast
Loved how the game was pretty much comfortably over by halftime. 
This guy keeps coming along and setting too high of a standard for ametuer stuff.....LOL
