Originally posted by dj43:
Not to nit-pick but I don't think the rain was that big of a factor. Love had some balls slip off his hands as well. BP wasn't the only one having trouble.
To me, the biggest factor for the 49ers was the inability to block Kenny Clark (320 pounds) and TJ Slaton (330 pounds). They owned the middle of the LOS and consistently muddied the front of the pocket.
Last night I rewatched the game, (Without the adrenalin surge, it was quite pleasant. ) Purdy missed on four throws where he had a clean pocket. A couple of those appeared to be the result of a wet ball. On five other throws, I noted specifically, that one or the other of those GB monsters had a hand in Purdy's face and forced him to throw it around their hands or off his back foot. Brendel and Burford (when he was in) could not control the middle of the LOS. Notably, on the final drive, Feliciano was at RG and Purdy was able to play the way we are used to seeing him play.
In the second half of your comment, GB did well because their lines played very well.
They did? I thought for the most part Brock had time to throw the ball…the weather was clearly an issue more for Brock than Love. Yes he was pressure on some of those big misses, but he's been able to hit on those passes all year. Ain't nobody getting clean pockets all game, especially in the playoffs.
if anything I think Colton was the guy that gave up some pressure on plays that could have been explosives
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Jan 23, 2024 at 11:49 AM ]