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Originally Posted by Chief Faithful
Now that the Ravens have shown the NFL how to defend the 49ers offense by hitting the QB on every run play it will be interesting to see how the 49ers adjust. Plus, the 49ers are going to get the best and most physical play from everyone they face so Kaep is going to get hit hard and often. It is very reasonable to believe Kaep's production will drop noticeably in his Sophomore season because they will have to adjust to more pocket protection just to keep him healthy.
The 49ers and Kaep are not going to surprise anyone this year with the Pistol offense. Everyone will be prepared, ready and waiting to hit that QB.
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I just re-watched the Super Bowl. The Ravens weren't smacking him in the mouth every play. Really they were just shoving him as Frank ran right by them. What the Ravens did a good job of was limiting Frank Gore on the dive. He got loose late, but they did a decent job of corralling him early.
He took one or two big hits the whole game. You could easily get one or two good shots in the pocket as a traditional QB.
He actually was moving the ball ok. We just had back-to-back turnovers that really killed us. (LaMichael James fumble, Kaep's pick)
There was one play where Suggs
tried to hit Kaep and he juked Suggs right out of his jock and almost threw a TD to Crabs. (Just a liiiitle high
It'll be interesting to see how teams defend us. But I'm not seeing a real blue print layed down by Baltimore.
I mean, the first play of the game Kaep throws for 25 yard gain on a read option PA. Nobody hit him there.
We shall see......