3-17 on Third Downs | Page 5 | 49ers Webzone Forum

LundyLove · 2011-12-11T16:25:38-08:00

We have been terrible at third downs all year....... Good teams are good at third down We are now 30th in the league in third down conversions with 30 percent The offense has big problems and it starts at the QB position.Why do you think that teams cannot blitz all day against GB or NE? Because those QBs make you pay when you bring the heat. Alex Smith is unable to get the ball out quickly to his hot read.

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Dec 13, 2011 at 4:10 PM

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WildBill
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Both the center and the QB are responsible for making linecall and changes at the scrimmage. I wouldn't say that wouldn't where the blitz was coming from. They were stacking it. After the first half, they should have adjusted, but didn't.

Dec 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM

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pigskin
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Originally posted by WildBill:
Both the center and the QB are responsible for making linecall and changes at the scrimmage. I wouldn't say that wouldn't where the blitz was coming from. They were stacking it. After the first half, they should have adjusted, but didn't.

This tells me the team did not know how to adjust - a coaching failure.

Dec 13, 2011 at 10:06 PM

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dtg_9er
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Originally posted by LundyLove:
This is not a thread about Alex Smith......

But to say he is not part of the problem are ignoring the big red Elephant in the room

LOL! If this is not a thread about Smith why did you dump the reponsibility on him in your opening?

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