Hawks46":2tp9dhtu said:
pehawk":2tp9dhtu said:
I don't think having film to study matters much to Seattle. They pretty much just do their thing. Because of that I tend to agree with Hass. I expect that opener to be a nail biter, regardless.
Two great points though. Please help yourself to a prize on the way out for your excellence.
Kelly isn't going to change his offense, and we beat Philly pretty easily when we played them with Kelly at the helm. The other issue is that the Niners don't have great personnel on the defensive side of the ball, and Kelly is going to gas them with 45 second 3 and outs. Philly had better defensive personnel comparatively and we still wore them down in the 2nd half both games.
I'm not sure what Philly's personnel looks like, but they had a decent draft. I'd go with Pederson just because the NFC East is still pretty bad.
Kelly has never had a run threat QB in the NFL save for a few games with Michael Vick. Now he has Gabbert or Kap with Hyde as RB.
In 2014, the Eagles had been exposed a bit on the offensive side and McCoy was shut down by some good defenses for whatever reasons. Plus you had Mark Sanchez at QB, for what it's worth.
System wise, nothing was worse than what the 49ers had in 2014 and 2015 against Seattle. Kap was probably an overrated part of the problem as he was capable of defeating the SB Champion Seahawks in 2013. But film wise, Carroll lay the shut down on Harbaugh's offense pretty good, and once Gore was no longer an effective threat against the Seahawks, things looked really bad.
I think the Kelly offense is going to be personnel dependent like it is with any other offense.
If they can run the ball well, they'll do really well. If not, will be tough.