Originally posted by LasVegasWally:Hopefully Alex will have improved to the point where he can burn the enemy w/ passes.
He has. One bad game seems to be making people forget what he has done this year.
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Originally posted by LasVegasWally:Hopefully Alex will have improved to the point where he can burn the enemy w/ passes.
Originally posted by dbdublin:
I know one thing. Those plays yesterday where the TE blocked down on Suh and Frank ran through the gap were brilliant. Suh had two tackles. I hardly heard his name.
Originally posted by lyer:
Originally posted by 9er_84:
The reason why defensive coordinators cant figure us out and stop the run and why alex smith is excelling...is because of our play calling, specifically our play formations...the team is lineing up in double te sets but the d has no clue if wer gonna run or pass with the way we line up and shift around.
got to love good coaching... its been a long time.
Originally posted by PRIMETIME21:of our 5 wins which has he not won. what step do you want him to take?
alex smith needs to eventually take that next step and be the reason why we win games if we want to win a superbowl and beat the packers.
Originally posted by 9er_84:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204346104576637441229847906.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
i think this article futher argues our point as well...its focuses on delanie and the mismatches but highlights how their formations take advantage of teams not being able to focus on the run
Originally posted by dtg_9er:
Tom Tolbert made an interesting point, I think in the form of a Ralph worthy question--rambling. He said that last year the other team would stop a play and Singletary would want to keep running it until the offense could impose its will on the D. This year the opponent stops a play and Harbaugh has a playbook full of options to take advantage of what the D did to stop the first play...very Walsh-like.
It isn't too difficult to see that you can't win in todays NFL with a Singletary type offense unless your players are bigger, stronger and better than the opponents.
On the other hand, WCO has thousands of plays and the opposing Ds have to figure out what you are going to do...but they can't tell from formation because most plays can operate from mutliple formations. They won't be able to see a pattern because Harbaugh adds, changes, tweaks every week. The offense isn't playing up to speed yet because they are not fluid. When they become really in sync it will be like watching Stanford the past few years with total mayhem beating up defenses.
Another comment I liked was from NFLN, can't remember the coach who made it, saying they are uglying up the games...basic and low scoring, for the most part, by running a lot and playing field position. Don't think this is totally accurate but somewhat. The D and STs are playing lights out, the offense is not there yet but will be by playoff time...I hope!
Originally posted by dj43:
Jealous coaches and commentators made the same negative comments about Bill Walsh's offense when it first started. It wasn't until after the 1984 beat down of the high-flying Miami passing game that the talk finally quit.
If the 49er offense continues to develop, and I believe it will, especially after Edwards returns, all the negativity will subside just as it did back in Walsh's day.
I've said this before but I am convinced the main reason the offense has not opened up more is because Harbaugh hasn't needed to show more. I suggesting there are many more plays they could run but want to save them for later in the season. (Also the offense will open up more with Edwards' return.)