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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I was curious about that motion stat. So many of chiefs stats are skewed badly by our disastrous first half of the season on defense. I wonder how that's looked since we've improved. Bill Barnwell also has a really comprehensive look at the 49ers. He talked about how our DL rotations could be tricky. It was easy to swap Pennel and Chris jones based on which rb was in the game. We can't do that vs the 49ers.
I was also looking at the history of spags vs Kyle Shanahan. It's really bad. But interestingly enough, I don't think he's ever faced Shanahan with good personnel. Shanahan has always faced a spags defense that's been ranked toward the bottom.
Our defense is starting to make me a little nervous. But as Ray Lewis said and I buy this, landlord is a big time x factor. He points out that when garopolo throws he very often goes to the middle of the field. Because it's super safe. That's the type of qb Mathieu can play head games with.
I think our D will have tough sledding. But they'll do just enough to help our offense win.
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They throw to the middle of the field so much because that's where the most RAC happens and because our wide zone running game moves defenders laterally.
It's impossible to "crowd the middle of the field" and defend the outside run. Our slowest RB, Tevin Coleman, runs a 4.40 40.
Green Bay sat on every slant, every DIG route, and played a bear front but couldn't stop the outside run because of it. Their corners, safeties, and linebackers were constantly getting pinned inside.
Addendum: In most defenses, especially against condensed sets, the DBs and linebackers have run and pass responsibilities so it's impossible to play both the outside run and the inside pass. That's why RPOs work so well.