49ers-Saints: How to work in Brian Westbrook

is how you use him, for now. Dive fake to Gore, pitch to WB or play action screen to WB. I personally think you should mix him in EARLY in the game to mix up the looks. This all goes back to the FB issue. Hey Frank, the passing game works better out of 12 personnel, without a FB. The run game would be WAY more diverse and unpredictable with WB in the game and NOT a FB (21 or 22 personnel).

Oh, and Hey Jimmy…if you have WB and Frank in the game in 22 personnel you can always motion WB out to the other WR position, flex the TE’s and now you’re basically back in 12 personnel, the preferred package. Throw the famed smoke screen out there to him, he can make guys miss. Then you still have Gore in to protect! Get creative man!

I have a feeling he’ll get a few 3rd and long snaps this week.

that way, the defense can’t key in on just Frank. Screens and pitches…that seemed to work for Brian back in Philly, so I don’t see why similar plays wouldn’t work here. In short, put them both out there at the same time and they won’t be able to stack 8 or 9 in the box.

We played bad in our first game to lull the Saints into underestimating us so we could win on Monday Night Football. We know after this we will run out the rest of the games in our division so losing that one was not a huge loss for us.

That must be it….

sigh

Use Westbrook to enhance Frank and confuse the hell out of the Saints.

And these F’n coaches cant do anything with them. It freakin pathetic how inept Jimmy Raye is with creativity.

But I do think the answer from last game is the lack of plays in the second half. The team did not move the ball well enough to have plays for BW to spell Gore. Had the score been different, or the team moved the ball in that half, no doubt we see BW.

One place I’d rather see BW is in goal line with Gore. Both players can block. Both can catch. Split them, or put one in motion as Tre has said, and the defense can’t pinch the middle. This would open up the middle runs that Gore ran near the goal line but also provides an option for a toss play or throwing to either guy. He can be useful as a decoy or make Gore the decoy. This might also open the middle for VD.

I still wonder if BW was less than 100%. If so, it makes since to not put him in a game we’re losing by three scores.

a good time to use brian was after the umpteenth time of frank not getting any yards. good job jimmy raye. they stuff frank all day and you keep westbrook on the bench because he’s only “frank’s backup”. we’re done for.

When Singletary responded with we might use Westbrook against the Saints, I think that really means we will and we will not tell you how.

That represents progress right? Small steps men, small steps.

Florio thinks the rat is Johnson. Anyone agree with that?

John Madden voice

The 49ers need to come out and score as many points as possible. What the 49ers need to do, if they want to get a touchdown, they need to get the ball in the end zone. That’s how you win the game. When you kick a field goal, you aren’t going to get the three points unless the ball goes through the posts. The game plan isn’t as complex as it sounds. If the Saints score more points in the game than the 49ers, the 49ers are going to leave this game with a loss.

… I meant to post this first thing today but forgot, so apols if anyone else has posted, but someone has started spoofing Jimmy on Twitter. It’s hilarious.

On move so can’t post link but Takeo re-tweeted ‘Jimmy’ late last night your time, so I’m sure you saw it Tre?

@JimmyRaye how am i suposed 2 do good when u callin da plays like kenny from south park?

Gore, Crabtree, Davis, Westbrook, Morgan, and pretty much stand up Vd and use him at normal position and work 10 to 15 plays, however our offense can’t execute the simple stuff so it wouldn’t work. Expect Westbrook 2-4 plays this week.

I don’t think he signed here to ride the pine. He’s played all kinds of nicked up the past few years and still been effective when on the field. I should know, I had him in fantasy one year and never knew if he’d play on Sunday, deactivated him, then he’d score 20+ points.

Remember when Carr signed he said he asked Sing if what he did in practice was going to matter? I am betting Westbrook wanted a similar opportunity, to prove he could contribute and then be given the chance. Thus far neither has elevated themselves in the depth chart, or seen the field (though Carr’s position is obviously different than RB but at this point it’s looking like Troy Smith will overtake Carr at some point…but you can perhaps attribute that to Carr’s play thus far). I hope this doesn’t turn into a pissed off player who’s ready to roll and the coaches don’t get him in the game.

I just meant that people have generally written Brian and Ladainian off as has-beens. Backs like Brian and Reggie Bush should almost never be used for power schemes.

“There is a role on the offense for him, he is Frank Gore’s backup. That is his role.”