rabblerouser |
10-19-2022 09:58 AM |
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Originally Posted by Why Not?
(Post 16541166)
If you have a stud pass rusher going up against our tackles, it is pretty easy to deploy any game plan you want. If Nick Bosa is back this week, expect a similar type game plan. If that's the case, this game will probably be closer than many here expect. Not sure how people still don't get by now that the game is won in the trenches.
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Exactly.
Our tackles are pretty close to mediocre when at full strength...and they're both playing hurt and at a subpar level.
Some other Bosa gave us a lot of trouble in a Super Bowl...
The next year we couldn't handle Tampa's D line.
I mean, the first Chargers game was close for a lot of reasons, but them not letting Mahomes get comfy is probably the biggest.
It's never been a secret that the key to stopping a great QB falls on the pass rush; even Joe Montana couldn't get it done when he was getting the stuffing beaten out of him while attempting to complete passes.
That's why Bill Walsh didn't like the shotgun - it meant that the defense could tee off on the QB. That's why Walsh always had those Roger Craig/Ricky Watters types that could catch AND run; they were the '3rd WR' in his offense out of the flat back formations. If they went I, they were split I formation, depending on the matchups they were trying to exploit...
But keeping Mahomes in the shotgun for 75% of the offensive snaps is part of the problem at this point. The line isn't a great pass blocking line, and defenses are teeing off against us because we don't run, and when we do, it's usually out of the shotun 7 yards deep after a delay, so they can just stop the RB on the way to the QB if the QB hands off on an RPO...
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