Why All the Sacks?

Good article.

Breaks it down:

A). Kap

B). WR

C). OL

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2361143-san-francisco-49ers-who-is-to-blame-for-2014s-higher-sack-numbers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=san-francisco-49ers

Thoughts?

He has 2.96 seconds on average sack. He has that time because he buys time in the pocket. They credit Cam Newton with throwing an inaccurate pass down field as if it's on purpose to "allow" the team to move to the next down. After they get through saying that they point out the lack of outlet options Kap has compared to the rest of the people (those demanding he look for check downs) and then go over the fact that the routes take longer to develop (which would be why he holds the ball for so long in the first place would it not?)

The 49ers used below-average numbers of quick outs, crossing routes and in-routes, according to Pro Football Focus, while relying on deeper corners and go routes more often. The running back screen was practically nonexistent. These are higher-risk, higher-reward routes.

Without the threat of the play action, defenses could spend more time keying in on Kaepernick, leading to an increase in pressure, leading to an increase in sacks.

Quite frankly, the lack of short crossing routes, screens and other hot routes showed an inability to react to the increased pressure Kaepernick was facing in 2014. Roman should have worked more safety valves like that into his offensive packages to give Kaepernick options other than chucking the ball 30 yards downfield against the pass rush.

Basically he did the best with what he was given.
Change things up front and play calling and you see a change in the sacks. There were plenty of times observers pointed out how the routes took too long to develop or at times the offensive line not being able to protect but still calling for 7 step drops etc.

Makeshift offensive line. No consistency. Starting center on IR, his backup a rookie and hurt.

Raw, jittery QB who likes to run and is indecisive.

Poor offensive scheming and gameplans.

Just flat out poor play also.

All these things factorered into it.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:
He has 2.96 seconds on average sack. He has that time because he buys time in the pocket. They credit Cam Newton with throwing an inaccurate pass down field as if it's on purpose to "allow" the team to move to the next down. After they get through saying that they point out the lack of outlet options Kap has compared to the rest of the people (those demanding he look for check downs) and then go over the fact that the routes take longer to develop (which would be why he holds the ball for so long in the first place would it not?)

The 49ers used below-average numbers of quick outs, crossing routes and in-routes, according to Pro Football Focus, while relying on deeper corners and go routes more often. The running back screen was practically nonexistent. These are higher-risk, higher-reward routes.

Without the threat of the play action, defenses could spend more time keying in on Kaepernick, leading to an increase in pressure, leading to an increase in sacks.

Quite frankly, the lack of short crossing routes, screens and other hot routes showed an inability to react to the increased pressure Kaepernick was facing in 2014. Roman should have worked more safety valves like that into his offensive packages to give Kaepernick options other than chucking the ball 30 yards downfield against the pass rush.

Basically he did the best with what he was given.
Change things up front and play calling and you see a change in the sacks. There were plenty of times observers pointed out how the routes took too long to develop or at times the offensive line not being able to protect but still calling for 7 step drops etc.

With all that his completion pct still went up??

Roman. What a turd.

The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

our pass protection has been s**tty for the last four years, no matter the qb in my opinion.. that does not answer your question but just a observation. not sure if it was players or coaches but it sure as hell was not the qb of our team in my opinion. ck just covered it up a bit better than alex cuz he had better footwork in the pocket and could avoid sacks better

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

This. The two areas I would like to see him get better at are moving around in the pocket and better at play action. He doesn't sell the play action well and it shows. Also we definitely need to pass to our RBs more. What the Super Bowl showed is if you make Seattles LBs cover the RB out of the backfield it really disrupts their defensive scheme and Seattle is really our competitors in this league.

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

He has to have the option of doing that. The routes were longer so he needed to hold the ball to let them finish. If they were quicker and nothing was there then he could do it more often probably

and then there were no safety valves so that answers the check down part

if we give him those options i think he'll take them. in fact as soon as he had those options regularly we saw him use them.

Its was a combination of things. The more you analyze what this offense was doing the more you have to be impressed we scored points at all.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

He has to have the option of doing that. The routes were longer so he needed to hold the ball to let them finish. If they were quicker and nothing was there then he could do it more often probably

and then there were no safety valves so that answers the check down part

if we give him those options i think he'll take them. in fact as soon as he had those options regularly we saw him use them.

Its was a combination of things. The more you analyze what this offense was doing the more you have to be impressed we scored points at all.

I will agree that the offensive scheme was a major impediment for our passing game and for Kaepernick.

Thank the football gods that the brain trust behind that scheme is gone.

Kaepernick is still here. He needs to improve his game.

The offense scheme needs to improve. The receivers need to drop fewer passes. The offensive line needs to do a better job.

But, at the end of the day, Kaepernick has to play better. And I think he will.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

He has to have the option of doing that. The routes were longer so he needed to hold the ball to let them finish. If they were quicker and nothing was there then he could do it more often probably

and then there were no safety valves so that answers the check down part

if we give him those options i think he'll take them. in fact as soon as he had those options regularly we saw him use them.

Its was a combination of things. The more you analyze what this offense was doing the more you have to be impressed we scored points at all.

I agree. That is why I think Kaep 'regression' is b******t and I am confident he will have an EXPLOSIVE year in 2015. If we can stay healthy he will destroy the league next year. Book it.

Originally posted by buck:

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

He has to have the option of doing that. The routes were longer so he needed to hold the ball to let them finish. If they were quicker and nothing was there then he could do it more often probably

and then there were no safety valves so that answers the check down part

if we give him those options i think he'll take them. in fact as soon as he had those options regularly we saw him use them.

Its was a combination of things. The more you analyze what this offense was doing the more you have to be impressed we scored points at all.

I will agree that the offensive scheme was a major impediment for our passing game and for Kaepernick.

Thank the football gods that the brain trust behind that scheme is gone.

Kaepernick is still here. He needs to improve his game.

The offense scheme needs to improve. The receivers need to drop fewer passes. The offensive line needs to do a better job.

But, at the end of the day, Kaepernick has to play better. And I think he will.

Do not disagree and he doesn't disagree either which is why while everybody else is in the Bahamas he's been training for a full month now working on the thing that all of the detractors say he needs to work on the most.
Notice the quietness of his thread at this point. "He needs to be in the film room studying how to read defenses instead of lifting weights" would probably be an extra 15 pages alone

Originally posted by sdaddy101269:

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by buck:
The author used PFF stats, but if he had checked in the cumulative quarterback summary for the year, he would have noticed that PFF put the responsibility on Kaepernick for 7 of his 52 sacks----according to the source used by the author 13.46 % of the sacks were on Kaepernick and 86.53 % of the sacks were not on him.

PFF also provides data that shows that % of sacks that were on Kaepernick in 2014 was lower than the % of sacks that were on him in 2013.

But, that 13.46 % is still high when compared to other quarterbacks.

There is no doubt that Kaepernick needs to throw the ball away more, which he did do last year.
He also needs to take the check down more often and quicker.

Hopefully, his time with Warner in Arizona will prove useful.

He has to have the option of doing that. The routes were longer so he needed to hold the ball to let them finish. If they were quicker and nothing was there then he could do it more often probably

and then there were no safety valves so that answers the check down part

if we give him those options i think he'll take them. in fact as soon as he had those options regularly we saw him use them.

Its was a combination of things. The more you analyze what this offense was doing the more you have to be impressed we scored points at all.

I agree. That is why I think Kaep 'regression' is b******t and I am confident he will have an EXPLOSIVE year in 2015. If we can stay healthy he will destroy the league next year. Book it.

He didn't regress, that's just a narrative they put out there. The offense regressed and teams knew what were coming. On top of having spotty moments which any qb is allowed to have or should. He is polarizing. For some reason he gets a reaction out of people that other quarterbacks just don't Any chance to kick him while he's down they will. And absolutely hate when he's up. Well i hope they have their hate ready.

Originally posted by cciowa:
our pass protection has been s**tty for the last four years, no matter the qb in my opinion.. that does not answer your question but just a observation. not sure if it was players or coaches but it sure as hell was not the qb of our team in my opinion. ck just covered it up a bit better than alex cuz he had better footwork in the pocket and could avoid sacks better

What he said^^

Originally posted by sdaddy101269:

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

He has 2.96 seconds on average sack. He has that time because he buys time in the pocket. They credit Cam Newton with throwing an inaccurate pass down field as if it's on purpose to "allow" the team to move to the next down. After they get through saying that they point out the lack of outlet options Kap has compared to the rest of the people (those demanding he look for check downs) and then go over the fact that the routes take longer to develop (which would be why he holds the ball for so long in the first place would it not?)

The 49ers used below-average numbers of quick outs, crossing routes and in-routes, according to Pro Football Focus, while relying on deeper corners and go routes more often. The running back screen was practically nonexistent. These are higher-risk, higher-reward routes.

Without the threat of the play action, defenses could spend more time keying in on Kaepernick, leading to an increase in pressure, leading to an increase in sacks.

Quite frankly, the lack of short crossing routes, screens and other hot routes showed an inability to react to the increased pressure Kaepernick was facing in 2014. Roman should have worked more safety valves like that into his offensive packages to give Kaepernick options other than chucking the ball 30 yards downfield against the pass rush.

Basically he did the best with what he was given.
Change things up front and play calling and you see a change in the sacks. There were plenty of times observers pointed out how the routes took too long to develop or at times the offensive line not being able to protect but still calling for 7 step drops etc.

With all that his completion pct still went up??

With all that being said you still need receivers who are quicker and more elusive. Or at the very least can run good routes or know where to sit in a zone.
Boldin is a good option but slow. Crabtree is slow, had very bad body control with good hands. Gore as an outlet would have helped a ltitle but he has lost some quickness.
Roman and Harbaugh should have went with the younger receivers earlier in the season. IMO