Exactly.

Who cares if he couldn't house it? It's 2nd and 1 - get the first down. There's a GIANT hole to a 1st there.

Like I said at the very beginning, I don't like the screen capture thing either because I recognize that it isn't a complete picture. But it doesn't get him off the hook here.

He has a gaping hole for a 1st down and his literally cutting into the scrum.

There's no defending that. At all. It was an awful play.

And his coaches will absolutely agree with that.

It's not a 'cutback'. He's cutting back in order to find MORE contact.

His natural momentum is taking him to the hole. Cutting back is what created the congestion.

He just isn't very good.

Schwarz with interesting analysis yesterday's "screen porn".

Is there a backstory on why he uses silverware taped together for a pointer? LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Inject a well executed screen straight into my veins. The <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> screen game is about details brought forth from the master screen designer Andy Reid. It was all on display here. 3rd and 20 turns into first and goal within seconds. Check it out <a href="https://t.co/eEZf7w1tmk">pic.twitter.com/eEZf7w1tmk</a></p>&mdash; Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/geoffschwartz/status/1584534063745880065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Still? He has 39 carries. That's like saying "Larry Johnson didn't break one today."

I didn't say he was good. Just that he (or any of our RBs) weren't getting that conversion as the play unfolded regardless of whether he followed his blocks or cut back into that hole we're all looking at. The 49ers defense blew the play up, and Warner is waiting for in that hole. Not Hitchens, Fred Warner. Warner doesn't get dragged upfield; he either stops the RB in their tracks or they go backwards.

Yes, they absolutely were.

Fred Warner isn't Ray Neitchske. He's an excellent coverage backer and an extremely smart player, but he's a 230 lb MLB - he's not a thumper.

He's not standing up a quality RB who gets downfield and hits that hole with any authority. They don't make easier short yardage conversions than that one.

It's essentially two guys equidistant from the 1st down marker at the mesh with one of them being pro-active and the other reactive. And the pro-active guy just gave away the initiative by unnecessarily cutting into the pile, killing his momentum and finding MORE traffic than the 1v1 matchup he had that should've been at the sticks at worst.

It was a lousy run.

My only guess is that a 300+ pound guy always keeps silverware handy.

8 yards from CEH, not the LOS. Even an average RB gets the first down, even if he gets tackled by the one defender.

Found footage of CEH at the line of scrimmage.

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it was a lousy run. Thought I covered that already. But Warner makes RBs go backwards. And you forgot to mention that Warner is really fast and agile.

And you're assuming we have a quality RB. I'm not sure that we do. Jerrick has been performing well lately, but we're all just waiting for him to break down physically. Hope we're all wrong on that score. CEH hasn't been special in any way so far, and it's looking like that's not going to happen. Patches is a 7th rd RB that has shown some flashes, but I wouldn't say he's a "quality NFL RB' just yet.

I can't believe there are people in here trying to defend that play.

I can’t say with any certainty that Pacheco is better but I am pretty certain there is zero chance he is worst than CEH. And if he is, it would jump off the screen and we would know right away and just move on because looking worst than CEH would look really bad out there. At least with Pacheco he might be a big upgrade so I’d much rather see him take most of the CEH carries.

So Fred Warner is so good that cutting into traffic is a better option? And regardless of if Fred Warner "makes people go backwards", that should be a first down 100/100.

45 of his 65 carries this year have been with 10+ yards left to gain. 40 of them on 1st down.

I'm sure it's mere coincidence that the coaches don't give him the ball in tighter spots.

But man, how shitty is that? Guy is getting 6 carries on 1st and 10 every game. Worst part? He has 210 yards on those carries - not bad...until you remember that 52 of them came on a single run.

He's not good in short yardage and when you give him the ball on 1st down you're all but giving the play away. Oh, and he's easily less effective on 3rd downs than McKinnon so there's no sense having him in then.

So I guess if you give him the ball on 2nd and 4-6, you might be onto something. {checks notes} Oh...nevermind. He's averaging 3.2 yards/carry in those situations as well, so you probably shouldn't bother there either.

How 'bout we just stop giving him the ball? There's just never a situation where he's the best option.

I didn't say I had an answer to the problem. just what the problems were. And Warner is just a really good, violent open field LB that is very fast for a LB and very quick and smart.

Look, I just wouldn't bet any money that any of our RBs convert on that particular play the way it unfolded. Regardless of whether they followed their blocks or tried taking on Warner. I mean, Fred is waiting there on a hair trigger, just hoping CEH turns his head in his direction, so he can crash down and blow Clyde up.

But if you want to believe that Clyde gets to the line-to-gain before Fred hits him, go ahead. It's all just speculation anyway.

I just don't believe it would happen that way, based on the film. Warner's faster than CEH and as sure a tackler as there is, so figure Warner beats CEH to the Line-to-gain by about half a yard or so. Clyde's not a big guy, so he stops right there.

Jerrick is pretty quick himself, and as a bigger guy when he changes direction, he simply covers more space than CEH, so maybe he makes Warner hesitate just enough to fall forward and convert by a yard?

Pacheco is an unknown.