Originally posted by pete98146:
Originally posted by NCommand:
This is it for me as well. Game plan and attack weaknesses...hell, exploit them until they can prove they can stop you and for the love of God, STICK to it if it's clearly working and a defense is on their heals. We have the personnel to do anything we want and to shift on the fly. Look how many pro-bowlers, all-pro's we have now (or very close to it) on offense: Staley, Davis, Iupati, Boone, Crabtree, Boldin, Johnson, Davis, Gore, Miller, etc. There are absolutely no excuses to be able to attack and exploit a defenses weaknesses and adjust in-game to what defenses are doing successfully against us. CK himself is an X-factor bonus (running and ad lib passing). We have got to spend more time on proper game planning and in-game adjustments and execution to the point it becomes automatic.
Completely agree! But history shows that we can't be overly reliant on "Bo-based" football. Yes it works well against the mediocre and the crappy teams. They know it's coming but still can't stop it. But it's dangerous technique because it can lull you into a false sense of security. But when we play the more physical teams like Seattle, Baltimore, Arizona and even the Rams they have the beefy defenses to nullify "Bo-Ball." Problem is that Robaugh become over reliant on "Bo-Ball" and don't have much of anything else on the menu.
A good analogy would be going to a restaurant and looking at the menu. The left side of the menu shows 50 different running plays and over on the left side of the menu, you have 15 pass patterns from which to choose. This MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST change this year. So it will be a paradigm shift for Robaugh.
Time to balance our offense and take the reigns off Kap. I fully expect to see a more diverse passing attack with the weapons we possess. Oddly absent are screen passes, slant patterns, the 15-20 yard reception over the middle etc. I know I'm preaching to the choir but when the game is on the line, we need to be able to dial up something other than the overused fade pattern.
Think of it like when a clothes dryer gets out of balance. Clunk clunk clunk, all the clothes get concentrated in one spot and the clothes don't dry. That clunk clunk clunk noise is over reliance on "Bo Ball." It's high time to open this offense up and present a BALANCED attack.
There must be balance, I agree, but not in run/pass ratio. The balance must come in being able to run or pass with equal effectiveness. So that as a defense going against the 49ers, you have to study their run game and their passing game with equal time because both are dangerous. I think the SJ acquisition helps immensely towards achieving this.
You really think the 49er playbook has a 50/15 ratio of run/pass plays? Come on, man. I think you're exaggerating to make a point. I don't see that as a good analogy.
Jim has a certain philosophy that I don't see changing. The recent draft selections support this philosophy so that tells me Baalke is on board as well. Hyde in the second, MMartin in the 3rd, BThomas in the 3rd. That's high draft capital for areas not even considered a big weakness (Oline, RBs). Running the ball will be a foundation of this offense for as long as Jim is here. It has nothing to do with Roman. It has everything to do with Jim. I could be wrong, but I don't see Jim changing this philosophy.
I am assuming you are referring to screen passes to the RB. The 49ers do run screen passes to the RB, and they are absolutely horrible at it. So they stopped. They do run slant patterns, but just because it's ran doesn't mean it's going to be open for a completion. Perhaps you may not have seen the slants being run. Some get completed, most aren't even targeted. Notice teams don't complete many slants against the 49er defense. That overused fade pattern is our young QB taking the easy read and going to the 1on1 instead of the playside concept. Blame Kap for targeting the fade when there is a concept route combination being ran on the playside. It is always Kap's choice whether or not to target the fade because of how the 49ers align their formations.