A little bit, yes. But it's proof of a viable concept. Yeah, it required injury to do it, but it proved that if you CAN do it because you have more talent available than the Colts did (the 49ers do), it can work.

I'm not saying I'd expect that kind of performance if the 49ers were trotting Kemoko Turay out there against Fisher like the Colts were against Erving. I'm saying that the 49ers have enough of a talent upgrade on the Colts to partially offset the talent upgrade the Chiefs have seen with the return of injured players.

And I will again note that Patrick Mahomes probably played the best football game I've ever SEEN last Sunday against TN. And as I said earlier in this thread, if he plays like that again, this isn't a game. Nobody will beat him when he's playing with complete command of everything like he was in that game. The TN zones actually worked really damn well - Mahomes just never made a mistake or even a decision/throw that wasn't textbook.

But to make any of this discussion worth having we have to assume that Mahomes plays merely good football (in the highest pressure situation of his life) as opposed to God-level. Because if he plays at God level, this shit is all moot. Yeah, he picked apart TN's zone because he was simply locked. My question is what happens if he's merely very good?

That's when the 9ers scheme could create some headaches.

Probably not. Like I said - everyone will get theirs.

It's always a question of making things a slog until a critical mistake is made.

The 49ers basically played their perfect game against the Packers. They’re going to have to do it again against us to be able to win.

And that still required the Packers to shit their pants.

I know Davis didn't ultimately have a huge game, but I'm still damn nervous by how overmatched Breeland was against him for most of that outing. And how slow our LBs can be to diagnose and recover.

Deebo and Kittle could really **** us up in ways that the Titans were just ill-equipped to be able to do. And before that game is over we will all yell at some point "Why the hell aren't we covering Juszczyk!!!!" because Shanahan does some really interesting stuff with him as well and he spends a weird amount of time out there in space. I know the numbers don't support it but he really can do damage out there.

That's not to say that Shanahan wouldn't prefer to just run for 250 yards and coast to a win. But I don't think it's the only card they have to play.

Teams that have a top 10 offensive line in pass protection average 30 points against the 49ers defense. The Chiefs are ranked #5.

Don't give him any more confidence. He's already unbearable to deal with.

Oh don’t get me wrong.....the 49ers have weapons everywhere. It’s not a matter of shutting down that offense. It’s a matter of stops and FGs like you said.

The thing the 9ers can do, similar to what those Giants teams that beat the Pats could do, is drop 7 and create havoc with 4 up front. That's when things get tough.

If they can't get pressure, they'll get carved up similar to what will happen to the Chiefs if they can't slow down the run game.

Just peakin' at the right time, O. You can call me Showtime if you want.

{counts on fingers number of posters ranked ahead of me in the CP Top 50...}

Don't hate brotha.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Air Raid fans will know this concept as Y-Cross, it&#39;s been around forever and it&#39;s one of my favorite passing concepts.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> catch the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#49ers</a> in 1-Hole, allowing Thomas to work his Over vs. the Nickel Williams on outside leverage.<br><br>Great stair step by Thomas here, too. <a href="https://t.co/D7uP6I3mrv">pic.twitter.com/D7uP6I3mrv</a></p>&mdash; Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nate_Tice/status/1221837131909230593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Chiefs run concepts like this all the time...

Keep in mind that Mahomes was gimpy, Fisher was out and perhaps another one or two olinemen, not to mention the LG wasn't playing well (and has since been replaced with Wisnewski). Did Hill play in that game? I don't think he did. Actually, I think both he and Watkins were out in that game.

Wow...you just had to prove him right!!

These guys are motivated. They’re sick of the disrespect.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two things strike me about the Chiefs&#39; defensive players: They are willing and eager to talk about their teammates. Very little me-first here.<br><br>Also: They know what you think of their defense, and they&#39;ve arrived in Miami with several chips on their shoulders.</p>&mdash; Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL_DougFarrar/status/1222199655120896000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>