Originally posted by Young2Rice:This! We played a pretty tough first 5 games.
Originally posted by 49ersking:
Some stats:
With Aldon Smith, defense gave up 28 pts on avg.
Without, defense gave up less than 13pts.
I'm sure there are a bunch of reasons for this...they always are....but great to see the defense playing well even withtrue loss of key players. A lot of credit to the guys stepping in, and to the coaching staff for putting them in the right spots.
Two reasons. Aaron Rogers and Andrew Luck
I also think that because we had the injuries, we had to generate pressure in different ways. It felt like we were a 3/4 defense that I always wanted us to be. Like Pittsburgh and Baltimore once were. Blitzing from all over, getting to the QB and forcing TO's. When Willis and Aldon and all the D is back together, I'm afraid Fangio is going to go back to his rush 3 or 4 lineman and everyone else into coverage, with no exotic blitzes. It's not Aldon's fault or Willis, etc... I feel like the opposing team knows exactly what are D is going to do.