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Breakdown of 49ers first offensive and defensive series

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Fooch's note: The starters got in limited work on Saturday. Their playing time was a small sample size, but still worth a breakdown. Thanks to Jacob for his thoughts.

Just looking at individual players (using NFL network recording, so it was hard to see anything with the secondary):

- Tank Carradine was consistently the last player to react to the snap and was unable to generate anything resembling a pass rush.

- Glenn Dorsey and Ian Williams performed well in the run game before they both were walled off on Blue's 15 yard run up the middle.

- With that same run, Nick Moody overran Blue when he came up to make the tackle. I'm not sure if Moody lost track of Blue or what, but it was a bad play.

- On the TD throw, Ahmad Brooks was able to generate some pressure, but that was it. I believe the receiver just found a soft spot in the zone behind Nick Moody. Bethea didn't seem like he was really trying to tackle the guy.

On offense:

- Kap is in for a long year if the right side of our line doesn't improve. In both run and pass blocking, Pears looked lost and overmatched.

- Marcus Martin looked better then Pears, but not by much. On Kap's last throw, Houston rushed five, four with a hand in the ground and one standing up in the middle. After the snap, everyone pickup up their blocks, and then then fifth, standing rusher bull rushes Martin from the side, throwing him into Pears and letting the player Martin was blocking get free and provide the pressure that forced Kap to run.

- Looney didn't stand out, which is both good and bad.

- Boone and Staley were solid except on two plays, one for each. On Hyde's first run that was called back to holding on McDonald, Staley got beat inside. Hyde was able to side step the tackler. On Hyde's two yard gain, Hyde was tripped up by the player #84 was blocking (I think that was Carrier?). But even if #84 had kept his block, Boone had overextended and his block was past him when Hyde was going down.

- Speaking of Hyde, thank god he can pass block. On Kap's 1st down throw to Boldin, if Hyde misses that block it could have been a safety. It was also another example of Pears poor play, he was pushed back and his defender was on his way to Kap.

- Kap's deep overthrow isn't a big deal IMO. They are still getting in sync.

That is it for now. Back to the crying baby!

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