49ERS vs RAVENS Pregame Thread - 2023 Season Week 16

Originally posted by mitpdub:

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by Silky:

Originally posted by Crown:

Originally posted by Patton:
Ravens look tough but honestly I'm more scared of the Bills and Dolphins right now. Ravens will get beat in the playoffs imo

Not scared.

The Williams are getting hot at the right moment. If I had to pick someone from the AFc that could give us a challenge right now, its the Bills.

The only team in the AFC that worries me is the Browns. Kyle has had a very difficult time against schwartz's defenses throughout his career and Joe Flacco is better than PJ Walker.

If we play the Browns again we will destroy them as long as we're at full strength and not on a windy wet field.

Well than there is NO ONE in the AFC we should be worried about.

Fook the ravens! This is the final opponent that we play where we can make a statement to the nfl. We've been great against the best teams - we should be healed up and ready to roll.

Extra day of rest and I hope to spend on fundamentals. Lol need the d line disciplined against Lamar.

going to be an awesome game

Originally posted by RiceOwensStokes:
Lamar Jackson is a great runner who can make a great pass occasionally, but gets exposed in pure passing situations.

Lamar is the complete package. He's what a lot of people think Hurts is. He'll run it all over you and if you give him time, he'll light you up with his arm too. I think he can hold the ball too long at times but he's a dangerous player, especially with a dominant defense that gives him a real margin of error to work with.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Lamar is the complete package. He's what a lot of people think Hurts is. He'll run it all over you and if you give him time, he'll light you up with his arm too. I think he can hold the ball too long at times but he's a dangerous player, especially with a dominant defense that gives him a real margin of error to work with.

Yep. I'm kind of baffled when I see people talking about Lamar like he's some average passer. I don't think those people have watched Lamar play. Absolutely the real deal

SB preview?

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
49ers 1-5 against Baltimore since 2000. Time to start turning this thing around.

We did beat them in a down year with Jim Tomsula, so maybe we're not as far off as we think.

But yeah, hate losing to them.

Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
49ers 1-5 against Baltimore since 2000. Time to start turning this thing around.

We did beat them in a down year with Jim Tomsula, so maybe we're not as far off as we think.

But yeah, hate losing to them.

We've made a record run on the NFC West, beat seattle 5 straight times - #1 in wins since Brock took over in 2022 - no reason to think we won't stomp these fools going forward.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Lamar is the complete package. He's what a lot of people think Hurts is. He'll run it all over you and if you give him time, he'll light you up with his arm too. I think he can hold the ball too long at times but he's a dangerous player, especially with a dominant defense that gives him a real margin of error to work with.

I haven't seen the Ravens play this year... So we can't just simply take away the scramble lanes (like we did against Hurts), because Lamar CAN play conventional QB?
That's going to be a challenge. A guy who can run around and stretch the defense and extend plays.

Sounds like the onus is for the defense to get stops when they can, bend/don't break, and trust the offense to put up 30, 40 points.

Teams know they can't stop this offense. They've tried to figure out the enigma that is BP but have no answers. The Ravens best game plan is to keep our offense off the field and keep it a low scoring game. They have the run game and defense to do that. Nice idea, but Brock is still going to have his biggest night and show the world why he's MVP

Originally posted by Wubbie:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Lamar is the complete package. He's what a lot of people think Hurts is. He'll run it all over you and if you give him time, he'll light you up with his arm too. I think he can hold the ball too long at times but he's a dangerous player, especially with a dominant defense that gives him a real margin of error to work with.

I haven't seen the Ravens play this year... So we can't just simply take away the scramble lanes (like we did against Hurts), because Lamar CAN play conventional QB?
That's going to be a challenge. A guy who can run around and stretch the defense and extend plays.

Sounds like the onus is for the defense to get stops when they can, bend/don't break, and trust the offense to put up 30, 40 points.

I think that's the big confidence generator we all seem to have in the team this year.

Like yesterday's game could've easily been a loss or nail biter win with Garoppolo. Our defense can't shut teams down every single week, and can't necessarily expect to shut down Lamar either.

The 2023 Niners have essentially the explosiveness of the 2021 Rams with the ball control typical of Shanahan teams, along with the rugged defense. This is the big difference this year, and it's Purdy and CMC that help deliver that.

I imagine the Niners will play the Ravens tougher than the Commanders. Need a big statement win, I hope our guys hate the Ravens as much as the fans do.

Make Lamar into a pocket passer and we got this. Make him a hybrid QB (which Wilks will do unfortunately) and we're in trouble

Remember guys - it isn't "we have to play the ravens"…

its "THE RAVENS have to play US!" They should be worried, not us. I respect them but don't fear them.

The ravens are a heck of a team, but I'd be more worried about the rams in week 18 than the Ravens. Mcvay knows us well, and had his team humming, and they want that win bad. That will be a tough game

they need to commit to hitting lamar every time he tries to run that option, dont even hesitate, just hit him every single time

Originally posted by qnnhan7:

Originally posted by thl408:
Nice video on how BAL is leading the league in sacks without having multiple premier pass rushers. This game will test Brock and the OL's ability to adjust postsnap.

TLDWatch: BAL defense is really good at using simulated pressure to break protection schemes. (Rush four, but disguise who the four rushers are).

Going to be a good challenge. Brock is pretty good post snap quick read and recognition. They can disguised and rotate, but if they have to pay attention to CMC, Deebo, Kittle, Aiyuk, Juice--- that's a lot of stress to bust coverage.

On some of plays, they'll drop up to two DL into coverage so they can rush a LB and a slot CB. There are ways to make a defense pay for dropping lumbering DL into coverage, but I think they real key is getting into 3rd and manageable situations (3rd & 5 or less). This way BAL can't get too exotic. Go ahead and drop DL into coverage and watch Deebo/CMC take a short pass and YAC for the short first down.

One thing that the 49ers do, that may play into the hands of BAL's defense, is line up their WRs in tight splits. The 49ers often align their WRs tight to the tackles which makes slot CB blitzes something to watch out for since there are so many defenders in the box, naturally from the offense's alignment. To help define which defenders could be rushing, it helps to spread the defense out. It'll be interesting to see if Kyle helps his QB/OL out in this sense by using more spread formations.