*****The Leo Chenal Thread*****

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by wachashi

On several plays, Chenal took on both Kittle and Juszczyk. He'd start with Kittle, work him over, then move to Juszczyk. Totally screwed up several Niner runs.

And that completely ruins outside zone because now the FB isn't available to create the cutback lane. He has to maintain outside and the backside pursuit can finish the play.

Like I said, I think Chenal was our defensive MVP yesterday. And there's a ZERO percent chance I'd have said that in the 1st quarter of that game. It was such an "In Spags We Trust" moment that will be forgotten to time.

The decision to lean into a relatively inexperienced player like Chenal (essentially taking Tranquill out of the game) took massive stones and it just flat out worked. It was the right decision.

Spags deserves a shitload of credit for that.