Someone broke down the drives on twitter against the 9ers, but they were 2 plays from giving up 14 fewer points. Hitchens makes a tackle on 3 and 16 they punt, Jones doesn't jump offsides on 3 and 5 they punt.
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He didn't have them lined up at the marker; he gave them about an 8 yard cushion on 3rd and 16. And both Fuller and Hitchens converged on Kittle 8-10 yards short of the first down marker. Sutton dialed up the right play on both 2nd AND 3rd downs on that drive and had the damn drive stopped. But the guy that's supposed to be the best tackler in the LB corps and the guy that's supposed to be the best tackler in the secondary - who BOTH had a shot at a lumbering TE - both failed. There is absolutely no way you can credibly place the blame for that play on Sutton. He did exactly what he should have done there and it worked out perfectly...until his players failed again. Because that is ROUTINELY what his players have done. |
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The blitz he dialed up that stunted Ford and put him right in Garrapolo's lap (I think that was the Jones play) was just outstanding. It's exactly what Sutton has shown a willingness and an ability to do. But his players ****ed up again because that's what they've done all year. There was another 3rd and 8 or so where the ballcarrier should've been stopped for 3 and I think it was Parker who just bounced off him for the 1st. Now I'll say this - there's an argument a team that plays this poorly in zone should stop calling zone coverages. It's not a bad argument. But here's the thing - you stop doing that and you leave yourself open to what I was talking about earlier - plays where Vance McDonald trucks your mediocre tackling safety and rumbles for 75 yards. When you're playing with a 3 score lead, you cannot allow that to happen. So in those circumstances, going to a zone is an eminently reasonable decision. And the fact that the defense has actually played quite well anytime the score has been close (what was that stat? 2.49 yards per play when the game is within a score?) suggests that he's doing exactly that. But when the score is lopsided and you know you have iffy players who aren't assignment sound all across your defense, it's playing with fire to try to do that for a whole game. So he picks his spots and as a general rule, it's working when it needs to. I swear, 'Sutton Sucks!' is just a habit for people right now. I'm not sure if Sutton is good at the moment but ****, you can't grade him on anything we've seen to this point because these failures have been dictated by score/clock as well as abysmal execution by his players. |
We can't grade Sutton? Even with 2 of the worst defensive collapses in NFL history? Hmmmm
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Trent Green couldn't throw on the run to save his life. And that defense had no one like Houston, Jones, Ford, Hitchens or Fuller. |
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My point was Sutton's lack of getting off the field when we have the other team at 3rd and Forever. Teams have less than a 10% chance normally being 20 yards out and yet we give up 1st downs at 90%? Sutton complete lack of aggressive calls gets old. Rushing 3 guys never works and Sutton does it a lot. You give any QB that much time and he will get a first down. No Pressure Sutton needs to go. He has Never been able to close games out. You can blame the players- but ultimately it falls on him and then Andy because they are the coaches of this historically bad defense. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a play I’m curious about. I’m wondering where the backside contain is suppose to be for the boots and cutbacks <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JacobsEyeInTheSky?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JacobsEyeInTheSky</a> <a href="https://t.co/8LafgmtYok">pic.twitter.com/8LafgmtYok</a></p>— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacobs71/status/1044613514105622528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This is so maddening. Backside contain is such a basic part of defense. Bailey has to execute this. Goddamn this is a 2 yard gain at best if Bailey simply does his job here and covers the back end. Execution has to be better |
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We changed out half the defense and they still don't line up right, stupid penalties, poor tackling, out of position, hell they can't even finish off sacks (Murray) - to me, this screams POOR COACHING! Where are the consequences- why isn't Sutton running over and screaming at Scrandrip and telling him to stop holding, why isn't Jones getting some coaching to stop jumping off sides and lining up in the neutral zone? Andy and Sutton just stand there and never say shit about anything. I don't think the players respect Sutton and they obviously don't understand his plays or what he is trying to accomplish out there. There is no leadership at all on defense and that starts with Sutton. It is the chicken and egg to infinity. Great that Sutton calls a good play once in a while, but if the players fail- he should be over there chewing their asses and making dammed sure they don't keep making the same stupid mistakes every game for years now. We can't expect All Pro's at every position on defense to make Sutton's plays work, he needs to coach these guys up and get their best game out of them. Something Sutton has Never been able to do, even when we have a 38 point lead in the Playoffs. |
1000% agree with halfcan!
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lowest blitz percentage in the league
sutton is playing it safe https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn8u1vKWsAAs0Er.jpg:large |
How much of this is due to the fact that we just never really hold anyone to third down?
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