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Originally Posted by Frosty
Funny you should mention that game. I was watching it and during the first half, both teams were doing nothing. I kept thinking that it was a good thing that the 49ers were putting the game in Smith's hands and not running Gore very much.
Then, in the second half, they came out and started pounding Gore and started picking up yards. Combined with some big returns by Ginn, the 49ers pulled out the game. Smith was just a passenger that game.
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What you are failing to understand is Alex's ability in pre-snap reads. All that run yardage isn't only a product of having good RBs or OL. It is in reading the D and calling the play that will take best advantage of that particular defensive call. That... goes to the QB. That is.. a big reason why Kaep has failed against Seattle. You can't often backyard ball your way into wins against good defenses. QBs must learn to read defenses pre and post snap.