scutterhawk
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And yet, we beat the 49rs more than we lose to them, so that 49r defender's 80% hasn't helped them a bunch, eh?Fade":1irhhdzs said:keasley45":1irhhdzs said:The lack of not just football knowledge but basic satistical awareness on this site is ridiculous.
Pete advocates running more last year and gets blasted because Russ cant cook. But we win those games. We won all but one when he stopped the passing nonsense last year... until the playoff loss, when we again decided to pass considerably more than we ran... despite the run game working very effectively against the Rams, and the passing game going 11 for 27 with a pick 6.
Then this year, Pete again advocates for more running and everybody complains because we put a good number of points with Russ and his good ol Play Action long balls... but then ignore the fact that we stagnate for half a game, are bottom of the league passing to convert for firsts (we were near last passing on 3rd down), and abandon a run game that ended up finishing 3rd in the league in terms of YPC and were 6th in YPC without Penny going nutts over the last few games.
So it wasnt execution in terms of the running game, nor was it the running game being hot cold. We had one tough game on the ground against the WFT and in that game we chose to only run 3 times per qtr. The rest of the time some one OBVIOUSLY NOT NAMED PETE CARROL decided to not run the ball.
He gets blasted for wanting to do what actually was the only thing that brought us wins this year. And then when we actually do what his strategy mandates, HE'S the one that was holding us back ??? WTF?
The hate here is something to behold. But honestly its good to see because if somebody can twist whatever blatant truth that exists to suit their view, it belies their true motivation.
These are the game splits, run/pass for the season that Russ played. All of the wins but one (2nd game against SF) came as a result of sticking with the run over the pass.
There's no magic here. the offense doesnt sink or sail on jetsweeps and motions. Those things help, but this offense runs best when it literally RUNS and passes off of the run. NOT the other way around. And its never been any different. The most crystal point of truth in it is our success during our SUperbowl runs, and the lesson learned on even that one faithful play when we chose pass over run, that has dictated the path of this franchise since.
i know its not as exciting and hurts the QB's chances of winning an MVP, but the stats dont lie.
Wk 1 won 49%
Wk 2 lost 65% , averaged 4.3 ypc
We 3 lost 65% , averaged 5.8 ypc
Wk 4 won 48%
Wk 5 lost 58% avgd 3.7 ypc
Wk 10 lost 72% avgd 4.6 ypc. Ran 11 times
Wk 11 lost 61% avgd 4.5 ypc
Wk 12 lost 73% avgd 2.8 ypc. ran 12 times
Wk 13 won 60% - The only game we won this year passing for more than 50%
Wk 14 won 49%
Wk 15 lost 64% , avgd 4.2 ypc, ran 19 times
Wk 16 lost 54% , avgd 7.1 ypc
Wk 17 won 42%
Wk 18 won 46%
Peteball (limiting passing and pounding the rock) got us the wins we got this year and saved the season last year.
And had we stuck to it in the playoffs last year, who knows how far we go.
Teams generally run when they are winning. Teams generally pass when they are losing, but It's not run vs. pass argument, it's predictability vs. deception.
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Not all runs and passes are the same. Not all opponents are the same. You have to be a step ahead. Continuously running inside zone into loaded boxes isn't going to win a championship. And constantly throwing deep against teams in a 2 High shell isn't going to win a championship either.
Boiling it down to that is missing the point entirely.
Last season in the pregame meetings Fox did before one of the 49ers-Seahawks games, they showed film to one of the 49ers defenders, and they asked him to predict the play based on alignment pre-snap. He got it correct 80% of the time.
Deception is good.
EXECUTION "is good".