A Levelheaded Review Wk18

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I just want to be clear-

I watched Stidham carve up a very good 49'ers defense six days before we destroyed him.

No, it's not Burrow or Allen, but he looked very, very good against a relatively healthy, extremely talented 49'ers defense.

And Adams, Waller, Renfrow and Jacobs is a pretty nice group of weapons.

I gotta think the 9ers mailed it in from an effort standpoint. Much like our team has several times this year. Or they biffed it from a gameplanning perspective because there was no film on Stidham.

It’s the only way. No way our defense is orders of magnitude better than the 9ers.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I gotta think the 9ers mailed it in from an effort standpoint. Much like our team has several times this year. Or they biffed it from a gameplanning perspective because there was no film on Stidham.

It’s the only way. No way our defense is orders of magnitude better than the 9ers.

Well, yeah, perhaps to some extent. But individual match-ups and scheme were part of it.

We learned in our 49'ers game that you can neutralize Bosa to some extent by running right at him or by him. You can use his over-aggressiveness to your advantage. Just as an example.

Also; I think the 49'ers defense is a little overrated and got fat statistically by being in the NFC, which I think is clearly NOT as strong as the AFC.

But it's a good defense, for sure.

In our case, I think our defense is better than a lot of people give it credit for; and KC's tendency to fumble, drop passes, and throw INT's at inopportune moments have put the defense in bad situations a lot. Add in 6 rookies out of your top 12 defenders, and it's easy to see why you might have some issues.

If KC plays complementary football and executes well, they'll beat anyone. Start making multiple mistakes, and the margin of error becomes very slim.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Well, yeah, perhaps to some extent. But individual match-ups and scheme were part of it.

We learned in our 49'ers game that you can neutralize Bosa to some extent by running right at him or by him. You can use his over-aggressiveness to your advantage. Just as an example.

Also; I think the 49'ers defense is a little overrated and got fat statistically by being in the NFC, which I think is clearly NOT as strong as the AFC.

But it's a good defense, for sure.

In our case, I think our defense is better than a lot of people give it credit for; and KC's tendency to fumble, drop passes, and throw INT's at inopportune moments have put the defense in bad situations a lot. Add in 6 rookies out of your top 12 defenders, and it's easy to see why you might have some issues.

If KC plays complementary football and executes well, they'll beat anyone. Start making multiple mistakes, and the margin of error becomes very slim.

Yeah, agreed.

I posted in DCs defensive statistical analysis thread that I was appalled that this defenses numbers were worse than prior years. I trust this defense much more than in prior years.