Originally posted by BigT:
Man as a Chiefs fan I disagree. Both teams have vulnerabilities but I don't see the Niners being any greater than the Chiefs.
Belichick was great because he always took away the opponents best player. Kelce can be had if you follow the blueprint of muddying it up and making him work to get off the line and knock him off his route. CMC is much tougher. Even if we by some miracle we hold him to 50 yards rushing he could still kill us in the passing game. Then we are left with the other receivers which are all superior to what we have. I believe the defense will focus on confusing Purdy and harassing him with pressure. The difference between Jones and many other D linemen is he will follow your weak link and abuse him. We will keep Williams occupied with our worst. I seriously doubt Jones will ever line up across from him. Often times he lines up next to Karlaftis and eats the double team and allows Karlaftis to pressure. You guys seemed to struggle against the Ravens and Browns, in a lot of ways our defense is better. If we win it will be because of our defense not in a shootout.
Our O line is actually one of the worst pass blocking groups in the league, I think we rank like 25th or something - which makes what brock has done pretty amazing. lol Detroit & GB did a great job of getting pressure up the middle of the O line - which I anticipate Jones will be great at.
I think your defenses weakness will be playing Man coverage against us, but we will see. you guys have athletic/'fast linebackers and awesome corners. I'm curious if we do more runs with brock and how you guys respond to it.
our defense has been extremely disappointing during the playoffs, like god awful bad. we had an incredible D in 2019, and still lost.
I'm really hoping our top ranked offense can do damage and put up points and long drives. in years past, we knew our defense was going to do its job and were worrieda bout the O - now it's the complete opposite.
