This is Jimmy's second half of the NFCCG. As you will see, it wasn't like he was only asked to throw it on 3rd down. He had enough opportunities to get into a rhythm.
1st & 10 at SF 18
(14:55 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short right to D.Samuel (J.Ramsey)
1st & 10 at SF 41
(12:35 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short left [O.Okoronkwo]. PENALTY on LA-J.Ramsey, Illegal Contact, 5 yards, enforced at SF 41 - No Play
1st & 10 at SF 46
(12:28 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short right to E.Mitchell to LA 43 for 11 yards (T.Reeder; D.Williams)
2nd & 9 at LAR 42
(11:06 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short right to B.Aiyuk [V.Miller]
3rd & 9 at LAR 42
(10:59 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short left to G.Kittle (G.Gaines)
3rd & 4 at SF 48
(6:33 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short middle to B.Aiyuk to LA 39 for 13 yards (D.Williams)
2nd & 11 at LAR 40
(5:07 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short left to D.Samuel to LA 26 for 14 yards (T.Reeder)
2nd & 10 at LAR 26
(3:35 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short middle to D.Samuel.
2nd & 11 at LAR 16
(1:59 - 3rd) George Kittle Pass From Jimmy Garoppolo for 16 Yrds R.Gould extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Pepper, Holder-M.Wishnowsky
1st & 10 at SF 14
(13:27 - 4th) J.Garoppolo pass short middle to E.Mitchell to SF 35 for 21 yards (T.Reeder)
1st & 10 at SF 35
(12:46 - 4th) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short left to B.Aiyuk
2nd & 10 at SF 35
(12:42 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short right to D.Samuel to SF 47 for 12 yards (J.Ramsey)
1st & 10 at SF 25
(6:49 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short middle to G.Kittle [A.Donald]
2nd & 15 at SF 20
(6:45 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short right to B.Aiyuk (J.Ramsey)
3rd & 15 at SF 20
(6:37 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short left to T.Benjamin
1st & 10 at SF 25
(1:46 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass incomplete short right to J.Hasty (G.Gaines)
2nd & 10 at SF 25
(1:42 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short left to J.Jennings to SF 22 for -3 yards (T.Howard)
3rd & 13 at SF 22
(1:09 - 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Garoppolo pass short left intended for J.Hasty INTERCEPTED by T.Howard [A.Donald] at SF 19. T.Howard to SF 13 for 6 yards (T.Compton)
Trends I see:
Pass short 13 yards
Pass short 14 yards
Pass short 12 yards....
Pass short incomplete
Pass short incomplete
Pass short incomplete....
The only pass that wasn't short was to Kittle for 16 yards. I'll give credit where credit is due. He made a good throw to put us up 2 scores late in the 3rd. Probably caught the Rams defense off-guard though.
Other than that it was all short passes that our yac bros had to make in order to create any kind of offense.
I thought short passes are high percentage plays? Awful lot of short incomplete passes in the second half. The deeper plays were there to be made but he almost exclusively opted to throw short.
Also, the offensive line was fine in pass pro up until the last 2 drives. Where the Rams knew we were passing and started to pin their ears back.
A HC/play-caller is going to go with the pass play if the defense is completely shutting down the run game. The problem is when your pass game is so predictable because the QB refuses to throw the ball at any other level but short. Don't tell me its the system because we have receivers running at different levels on most pass plays.
Bottom line:
Our best rb was Deebo. We had a 6th round draft pick as our starting rb. The Rams knew that the key to beating us was to shut down the running game and force Garoppolo to beat them with his arm. He took advantage of that one time in the second half.
[ Edited by YACBros85 on May 9, 2022 at 1:48 PM ]