How would I attack this 49er defense and how can Geno Smith and the Seattle offense try to exploit some different weaknesses of this D on Saturday.
Welcome back to a playoff edition of StudyBall! When I do these StudyBalls, there’s lots of different ways to look at it…expecially come playoff time. I look back to when these two teams played and what they did well against each other and what might be the keys going into that game. Other times I look at these different teams and specifically like today I’m going to look at the San Francisco defense, of course it’s going to be against the Seattle Seahawks offense, but I say to myself if I was playing against this great 49ers defense what would I do? How would I play them? I go back and start looking at different things and try to decipher the tape based on that. So that’s what I’m going to do in this particular session of StudyBall is just basically say if I were Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks, how would I attack? I came up with an area that again plays to my strengths, if I was playing in this game, but I think the idea is that Geno and the Seattle offense can try to exploit some different weaknesses of this defense. Let’s take a look at the tape and I’ll show you how I would attack the 49er defense if I was playing them on Saturday. #seattleseahawks #49ers #nflplayoffs
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Excellent strategic analysis! Play to your own strengths while taking advantage of their (admittedly minimal) Defensive flaws. Take what they give you and be happy with it.
Thanks Kurt. Agree in general about getting the ball out quickly as a way to counter the pass rush.
Every defense and every scheme has weaknesses. I think that's what you meant instead of flaws.
Im proud of this Team , but sorry the 49ers defense will destroy us.
Great insight, Kurt! I'm excited to watch more of these in the future!
With Russell, maybe. With Geno, it's IMPOSSIBLE. Knowing what's on the line, Geno won't score more than 6, maybe 13 at best, but only when it's already over when SF is already 30+
But I'm sure the 49ers will have a game plan for them also
why you exposing us kurt. the raiders almost had us with stidham!
Feel like that's been tried and tried this year. The teams that have had success have all ran the football and found holes in intermediate windows
Plez send this video to Pete. Dead on analysis Kurt. This ain't the time to be predictable n go ole school. 49ers know that route all to well. Running down the middle. Avoiding middle of the field. Holding ball to long. Be unpredictable. Come out playing dat hood ball. On D, Hit hard n wrap em up to take em down. No tacky tackles r bumping people expecting them to fall over. Be perfect on kicking field goals. Lord knows we gonna need em. Like Kurt says on Off, open up the field, get ball out quick n spared ball around to every body. Be balanced. Don't get stuck on jus running the ball down the middle. Be more creative. You guys got this. Go HAWks
If Stidham can hang 500 on em week before they beat Cards backups, Geno can. Purdy reminds me of Baker Mayfield win streak.
Geno Smith has playoff mentality. It’s going to be a good game.
I don’t think the 49ers have a chance to win this week against the Seahawks. It’s not even possible. You’ll see!
''every one has a game plan, until they are hit in the mouth''. says the famous Mike Tyson!!
You're 100% correct. Unfortunately, I know my team will try to run the ball still
Can Pete coach and chew gum at the same time?
I just found out that Kurt Warner was they only QB to win a Superbowl with the number 13…. Something crazy happening around Purdy man. It's special.
Kurt is epic man. I remember watching him in arena like why is this dude not in the NFL he beat my Orlando predators 😂. I'm a niners fan so too bad he had to go to the damn Rams!
super easy to beat that #1 Niner defense from your basement Kurt! 🙂 good luck!
When teams play each other often it always comes down to: who makes less mistakes? Every coverage has a weakness, but the 49ers D makes few mistakes – they tackle well, play gap sound, and swarm to the ball. Seattle loses contain vs heavy motion, and the LBs don’t come off blocks well vs zone run. That’s why the 9ers are #1 vs the run and Seattle is #30. It’s going to rain. 9ers will bring the pain. Look for Mitchell, Deebo, and CMC to pound the rock while Shanahan disguises the ball carrier and creates bad angles. This one will be lopsided.
31-13 SF
Awful lot of throwing for a rain game.
Why the hell are you trying to help the Weakhawks.
Are those chains behind him for the cheerleaders.?
Only thing in seattles favor is it’s no easy task to beat same team twice in one season let alone 3.Lots of fluky shit gotta happen for hawks to win.Hawks fan thru and thru but our D is a sieve and we can’t stop the run
Zero talk about the weather and field conditions. Very gusty and rainy for weeks here
I think Shanahan and the whole coaching staff are going to adapt rather quickly to any tricks the Seahawks have. It's Pete Carroll that's going to get a whole lot of surprises.
Sf has had red zone problems for years with Jimmy at the helm. Hawks like to force field goals and keep games close with a chance to win it on the final possession. Since Brock’s taken over Sf is much more efficient and puts pressure on teams to score tds to keep up. Last game CMC had 26 carry’s and over 100 yards on the ground plus 6 grabs. They can dictate the pace of the game much better with all their weapons on O. Possessions could be scarce for Geno if his defense can’t get off the field. Give me the Niners in a comfortable but not blowout win
This guy is the man