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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Re-watching some of the Colts game still has me a tick nervous.
Beating a zone is really easy when someone makes a mistake and often teams will. But man, if you have smart, responsible zone defenders and 4 linemen that can get there in under 3 seconds, those zones (especially the Cover 3s, IMO) can be awfully damn difficult to deal with.
And for all the talk about Mahomes legs of late - zone coverages kinda take those out of the equation as well. Mahomes is a smart runner but he's not a dynamic one - he's not gonna go creating yards against dudes that are facing him.
Saleh could hit all the right notes. That's the weird thing I've noticed about zone defenses over the years - they're oddly rhythm based. For whatever reason, they either seem to work really damn well or just completely fall apart. Either the DC has found the right keys in his game-planning and his guys are seeing them well, or it's swiss cheese.
If the 49ers zone comes out early and holds strong, that's the kind of snowball that can oftentimes turn into an avalanche.
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I'm a little less worried because they have 1 good CB and you can dictate his matchup so that is an advantage.