(01-20-2020, 01:41 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-20-2020, 01:10 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: I read a snippet about how SF defensive coordinator Robert Saleh's first two years running the Seattle defense there were brutal, but then he made some changes, like wide nine sets to get Bosa outside more. I hope Wash has been taking notes during the playoffs.

Ngakoue and/or Allen in wide nine was used a fair amount in 2019 for obvious passing downs. 

I posted a screenshot of it in another thread (where it was immediately misconstrued as a bad thing.) 

The pass rush was not the problem for this defense. Far from it.
What Saleh is doing with his back seven is the more relevant solution we should be looking at. 

I think a really big takeaway that many are missing here is that Saleh plays A TON of zone coverage. 
70% of the niners D snaps were in zone coverage. 
Wash has secondary players that: 
a. dont play zone well , and 
b. are seemingly not coached/developed well enough to play it better than they do

The biggest issue with our defense, imo, the run D not the pass D. Linebackers out of position. No one could tackle. Middle DL getting gashed often.

Not sure how Wash fixes that really.
The players just need to get better/be better, or be upgraded. Some of it was injury related, some of it was young guys being thrust into (or promoted into) positions they weren't ready for (maybe never ready for starting).

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