Originally posted by eastie:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by thl408:
Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Originally posted by thl408:
His quick feet will make him good enough on outside zone. His mass and strength will make him a beast for inside zone. I think Kyle is going to expand on the running game with a QB capable of being a run threat and the additions of Banks and Sermon. NFL box defenders are in deep s**t coming up against this 49er run game. We may not see it all in 2021, but when Lance takes over, there's going to be too much for run defenses to handle. The speed and ability to create misdirection is about to be taken to another level.
Yes!!! Yes!!! And hell Yesss!!!!
It had occurred to me back in late 2018 that the passing game in the NFL gotten stale. There's not any passing concepts that haven't been done or reused through the years. One of the reasons the NFL tweaked the rules to give the offense the advantage.
The run game has more ceiling. Kyle was trying to put his run game together more than the passing game. Until recently he hasn't put a major emphasis on drafting receivers. And when he did, he goes for physical RAC guys.
It's culminating in the draft with a qb that has major arm strength, mobility, and run threat.
Agreed. "It's a passing league". It's actually a playaction passing league. There were a couple things missing from the 49er run game in 2019/2020, QB keeper concepts and a true power element. The 49ers ran gap/power runs but it was more of a 'change up' than a 'go-to'. Kyle could be working towards adding weapons that will allow him to call power plays and QB zone reads (inside zone) with equal effectiveness as outside zone.
When it comes to guys that can get YAC, what's the one thing that has suffered with the softer practices (CBA rules)? Tackling. Enter Deebo/Kittle/Aiyuk.
Excellent discussion. I believe it was 2019 when Kyle came out of the think-tank and just beefed up a varied run game...more IZ, gap, power, etc. I wish I had the tweet but I think it was Brandon Thorn who listed all the different kinds of run plays Kyle called in one game and it was a grocery long list.
I think he's going to love getting back to that (balance).
As teams draft smaller DB's and LB's to counter the passing attacks around the league, it leaves them vulnerable to a running attack. It's like every team in the league is going big on the passing game. A running attack like the one Kyle puts out there will be Kryptonite for their defenses.
The ol' HaRoman philosophy. Ironic.