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Originally Posted by wachashi
This offense was never really stopped when fully healthy, but what caused this offense the most problems throughout the season? Defenders jamming our receivers at the line of scrimmage. It disrupted the timing of our routes, and this offense is built around timing. That oftentimes forced Mahomes to leave the pocket and wait for something off-script to develop. I really don't think the Niners have the horses in the secondary to play press man and jam our receivers up like that consistently. The Patriots were able deploy that strategy because they've got the players to do it. Is there a player on this 49er secondary that would start for the Patriots defense? Sherman's a system CB. He wouldn't cut it in NE.
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The better comparison point might be the Lions. They did a very good job and they had quite a few backups playing in the secondary. Of course, they were aided by a missing Tyreek Hill.