49ers Offensive Line Makes Road Kill Of Bucs Front Seven
by David Fucillo on Oct 10, 2011 9:00 AM PDT
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PrintMuch has been made of the 49ers offensive line and its struggles across the board. Whether it be running game struggles prior to last week, or general struggles getting Alex Smith time to get off throws, the most consistent "complaint" about the team has been the offensive line.
That was not the case on Sunday. We'll have more thorough analysis of their performance in the coming days, but this is a topic that is worth a lot of discussion given the struggles in recent weeks. The 49ers offensive line did benefit when Gerald McCoy left the game, but even still the line took what was given to them and absolutely blew the Bucs off the blocks.
They might have struggled here or there, but when you average 6.3 yards per rush and you keep your quarterback on his feet all day long, you have done a good job. Frank Gore did a good job in finding some holes at both the line and the second level, but the o-line did a great job breaking things open as well.
The performance is likely a mix of game-planning and execution, but whatever the reason for the strong performance we'll take it every week. After the game, Adam Snyder was asked about the difference in the line's performance and as he described it, "We got a better understanding of the offense."
It's easy to forget the lockout and the impact it had on the development of this offense, but it has to be factored into the early season struggles. At the same time, to see them turn it around fairly quickly is impressive. The Bucs and Eagles both have solid defensive lines but the second half of the Eagles game and the entire Bucs game were things of beauty.
Now the 49ers head to Detroit for another monstrous game. The offensive line will face a tough challenge from the Lions defensive line. I actually expected a bit more from the Lions line thus far this year, but Ndamukong Suh, Corey Williams, Kyle Vanden Bosch and Cliff Avril are a tough task for any offensive line. It will be yet another test for the potentially emerging offensive line.
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Just like the secondary
the test only gets tougher this week. True test.
Come on, Alex, please be good this year..
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Just like the secondary
the O Line plays more competently with every passing week. Apparently, conventional wisdom is that these two groups take the longest to come together with new coaching, new playbook, and new schemes.
This is true , Harbaugh stated after the game with the Eagles , they did a better job with the pad level and the angels ...
… then there’s some of us that said we prolly wouldn’t see this team come to fruitation until week 5 or 6 , the first four weeks were an extended training camp , now they’re ready to roll as coaches have a better grasp of the players and how they fit their scheme …!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's just my game ...Jimmy Raye your no daisy ...!!
And how to scheme around their players talents ...!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's just my game ...Jimmy Raye your no daisy ...!!
It seems like those 2 things go hand in hand.
When players understand the scheme and know exactly where they’re supposed to be, the focus is on technique instead of thinking through play responsibilities. Both sides of the ball look like they are starting to play instinctively. They were loose, they were right where they were supposed to be, and they brought the wood to anyone standing there. It was beautiful.
And the success feeds on itself
Players watch film and see the plays working out just the way they coaches said they would if they would execute them properly. So they not only gain for confidence in themselves in the coaches, they are more motivated to hone and extend their game. An example is the DBs practicing catching the ball after regular practice.
by Mood_Indigo on Oct 10, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The lions will be toughest test so far this season with suh and vanden boch but o think our secondary will be the key. Lions virtually don’t have a running game s it will be interesting to see how we could play against stafford/Johnson it should be a very fun game to watch though. Lions are mosdef not counting this game as another game on their win column, this niner team is a legitamate contender.
by ninersince94 on Oct 10, 2011 9:12 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Jahvid Best is exactly the kind of RB who has given the Niners lots of trouble in seasons past, though. Small, quick guys like that match up well against our big, physical front 7.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 10, 2011 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't think
TB was very good after watching MNF. They’re not. Who’da thunk – Seattle is better.
But there’s a top tier and Detroit definitely belongs. Who will replace Morgan? Time for the new kid to step up.
Oh, and maybe the team should spend the week in Flint?
completely agree
I had been saying to my friends all week that tampa bay was very overrated, the way we beat them does give the win legitamacy though
Don't fully agree
Their offense is based around their running game. Blount is pretty good, our run D just happens to be one of the best out there. They do not have a strong enough passing game to beat us one-dimensionally. Against many other team Tampa should do well enough.
Good team expose their opponents weaknessed and take away their strengths. Who’s to say the Niners aren’t just making their opponents look much worse than they are by matter of execution of their gameplan?
by ColoradoNiner on Oct 10, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
The stats said...
…Tampa was not as good as their record suggested and that we matched up well against them. That’s why I was confident the Niners would win big.
A+ grade to Staley-Iupati-Goodwin-Snyder-Davis
special mention to Snyder and fullback Miller who have clearly helped our offense since replacing the underproductive Rachal & Norris.
Watch the Detroit Lions tonight… see what our team is up against this coming weekend.
Amen
Snyder and Miller were huge in the running game..
by marylandniner on Oct 10, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
i remember moose on yesterdays game talking about Snyder always pulling the way the run was gonna go..So if its a run to left, he would always immediately jump left on his guy as soon as snap happens, and thats why more teams were identifying our plays..maybe this has lessened.Wonder if coaching staff see’s this
Founder of team Omté Caspeen
Yeah, that would be something to keep on eye on if teams catch up with that and how the coaching calls will be adjusted. Snyder will have his hands full going against Suh.
by marylandniner on Oct 11, 2011 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
If Fairly is anywhere close to game shape,
They have the best D line in the NFL. Next week is going to be very interesting.
like people are saying
this will be the best team we will face so far. the lions have not face a D as good as ours. should be a great game. lets see how well Rodgers plays against Megatron. we have a great D and our offense is starting to click. seems like its true. the 49ERS are getting better every week.
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
Spencer would probably be best against megatron.
spencer usually shuts down fitz. hopefully spencer can play this week
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Oct 10, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know if Spencer should face Megatron
so soon after his return. i think Rodgers will get most of the reps against him. either way, the key is putting presure on the QB so we wont give up the big play.
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
spencer is are our tallest db. megatron uses his height. spencer shuts down fitz............................................
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Oct 10, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Dallas did a good job exposing the Lions' defense
I think they rely heavily on their pass rush on defense
Offensively, Jahvid Best (go Bears) is the x-factor. I think Willis need to track him all game.
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Barrows reporting Morgan to have surgey today
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"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Oct 10, 2011 10:00 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Sad…out for the year?
Niners need to find a WR until Edwards comes back…Ginn needs to step up as the no. 2 guy.
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probly going to get a screw or something
to help the healing time
Harbaugh will find a QB and he will succeed.
Same old bias
Niners go 3-1 and destroy the darling pick of the experts and all the talk is about the Eagles, Jets, Giants, and freaking Tebow.
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I actually think it's been pretty decent. Maybe I'm just used to nothing at all though.
I think they’ll get a ton of run in the national media this week. Hopefully Detroit takes care of business and this will be the best game on the schedule next week.
Bucs D-Line
That was an awesome win yesterday. However, let’s not get too excited. Tampa was coming off of a Mon night game and they looked tired. We lost Josh Morgan who is one of our best receivers. Detroit will be much much better and we will have to be even better than that to win. We can do it but only if we don’t get too full of ourselves over a tired, lifeless Tampa Bay team.
Remember that Detroit is also going to be coming off a monday night game. :-)
Come on, Alex, please be good this year..
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Detroit
May be the only thing standing in the Packers way of 16-0.
by Virginia9er on Oct 10, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
those are gonna be 2 interesting games to say the least.
NFC north rival banter aside, I think we can win in Detroit. We just slaughtered Tampa who the Lions managed to squeak by in week 1. Though they probably aren’t taking us for granted either, I wouldn’t be surprised if this turned into a shootout.
Fortunately, we already know who their best offensive weapons are: Calvin, Pettigrew, Best. Double team Calvin constantly…w/Carlos getting the monster share of those reps. Do that, drive Pettigrew to the turf, shut down the run and harass Stafford into making mistakes and we’ll have a good chance @ the ‘w’.
And if there’s 1 additional key that might help us, it’ll be the fact that they might be tired from a short week…just like Tampa.
No Morgan hurts, but I imagine coach Harb’s still has some tricks up the old sleeve. Kyle Williams, i do believe i hear your # being called.
by Doni S on Oct 10, 2011 12:59 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
That is the one good thing
We know what they are about and what they’ll do, it is just a matter of stopping it.
The coaching staff has shown a pretty good ability to do that, aside from the Cowboys.
Is that because they play GB in week 17
when the packers will be resting their starters?
I was thinking
More like week 12 at Ford Field.
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by Adusoron on Oct 10, 2011 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
i must concur
your sig. is really bad @$$
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
Detroit is much stronger than Tampa
I think I was one of the few who predicted a decisive win over the Bucs. And I suspect we’re going to have a LOT more trouble with the Lions.
so we all now that the lions have one of the best d-line's in the league
where does our d-line rank? also how do our LB’s stack up against the best LB’ing crops in the league?
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
Our linebackers have to be top 5, easy. I can’t really think of another team that has better.
If there is a team with better linebackers, we r very close to them.
by Kubes069 on Oct 10, 2011 11:42 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
is our d-line as good as the lions and ravens?
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
Our offense is top 5 in scoring and our defense is top fourth in least points against scoring.
We don’t get a lot of yards and teams are gaining yardage against us, but it seems we are better around the end zone than most teams – offensively and defensively.
Play to Win!
Justin Smith is my new hero.
our red zone defense and offense have a lot to do with that
our special teams also has a lot to do with it.
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
Peter King article...
Ranks the Niners 7th.. wow.
The three biggest games of the season are now @ Detroit, @ Ravens and Steelers. I hope Morgan can return by early December. Great job for the line: protecting Smith and providing gaps for 213 rushing yards.
Good!
Let the media and everyone else continue to underestimate our linebackers! I thoruoghly enjoy watching our front seven take peoples lunch money every week!
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Ravens is going to be a really tough game
maybe it’s better to just eat turkey that day.
You never know, maybe we Jim really is that good. This is the best Ravens team I think I’ve ever seen though.
Play to Win!
Justin Smith is my new hero.
really?
better than the super bowl winning ravens?
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
I don't know about better
But more complete. The D isn’t as overwhelmingly dominant as the SB team but the offense no longer has the job of simply playing to not lose the game ((ahem Dilfer)).
by Mityt on Oct 10, 2011 1:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
niners have five games left against the nfc west lol. 9 wins or better is looking possible this year.
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Oct 10, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
not possible - likely
4 NFC west wins +1 wine outside the NFC west and you’re there. 11 wins or more looks possible.
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9 wins or better is looking possible this year.
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Oct 10, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
First off just wanted to say hi, new here, well not exactly new been following NN since sometime last year just finally made an account. But i was wondering if there are any thoughts on Hunter? How did he fare yesterday?
by swg on Oct 10, 2011 11:55 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
limited play
He came on late and had one big run and a couple other solid runs with some stops at the line. I’m curious to see how much time he gets against Detroit.
by David Fucillo on Oct 10, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
welcome to the 49ERS Nation
lots of great writers, also the people who comment on here are great fans of the 49ERS
An ice cold beer, pizza and a 49ERS game is my idea of heaven. =)
WELL I WOULD SAY WE DID GET SOME
Payback on those Bucs.. I think a 48-3 game pretty much closes the debt on 21-0 loss last year.. Imagine if we would of shut them out at 48-0, teams would be crying in there pants when they see us on their schedule.. I wish were playing green bay in the reg. season then we could have something to learn from in a eventual meeting in he post season.. Oh well I guess the coaching staff is doing some pretty good game planning..I pissed they kept morgan in the game knowing our recievin corps is getting slowly depleted by injuries..
by pigskin slapper on Oct 10, 2011 12:56 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I cant really complain about keeping morgan in. Im thinkinh JH was trying to give CK some weapons that he would have confidence in in order to help build CK’s confidence. Im sure no one thought Morgan would get hurt on that play.
by swg on Oct 10, 2011 1:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I knew this is what we are capable of!
Now the toughest test of the whole year Lions “pud ’em up, pud ’em up, pud ’em up.” Let’s hope they play the lion on the wizard of oz! Maybe they’ll fear Willis like the Wizard and run the other way, as Stafford is getting sacked!
by wellnesscoach on Oct 10, 2011 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for the CW quote.
Today's Justin Smith :: Yesterday's Bryant Young
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Today's Justin Smith :: Yesterday's Bryant Young
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