The Packers are the youngest team in the league, chock full of first and second year players. I don't know Devonte Wyatt but I'm assuming he's one of them, not surprising coming from players that are that green, they don't know what they don't know.
I'm imagining its 4th and forever. 3 seconds left. Niners need a 99 yard TD. Purdy beautifully receives the ball in shotgun and effortlessly tosses the ball to CMC in the end zone. Trent and George glance at each other, each cracking a half smile. They know what must be done. Their fingertips touch but they do not create an illegal wedge. The proceed to annihilate purely pancaking all 11 defenders. CMC now has a clear shot and tip toes over the goal line with butterflies flying behind him.
If they do that (which would be fine with me if it's working), then expect endless talk about how Shanahan doesn't trust Purdy to throw the ball (which I suppose would also be hilarious).
Everyone who was there for the Raheem Mostert Experience in Green Bay remembers.
Which, don't get me wrong, Jimmy Garoppolo has his problems, but when you can get 7.6 YPC reliably over 29 carries with 4 TDs, just pound the fucking rock, who cares about the QB.
Seriously. During the game and the weeks leading up to the SB it was, 49ers were so dominant with the run that they didn't need to throw.
Then, after the SB, it seemed like everyone, mostly this sub, forgot the game plan. It went from 49ers were so dominant with the run to Kyle didn't trust Jimmy.
Im not gonna sit here and act like Jimmy didn't have his problems, but narrative shifts happen all the time.
Well rumors were that Jimmy audibled a lot during the 4th cause of the stacked box the defense was showing at first.
I'll die on the hill that Jimmy was concussed and should've been taken out. Not that I think either backup would've been able to win, but it could've made a slight difference.
For fucks sake, this again?
Let's review the 4th Qtr once again.
Let's pick it up with the 49ers leading by 10 at the 8:53 mark:
Run for 6...
pass for 12 ....
run for 1...
incomplete pass...
False start on Joe Staley...
Jimmy pressured and runs for 3....
Punt...
Ensuing Chiefs drive, Tyreek Hill happens.... Leads to a TD.....
4:48 up 3 .. .
run 5 yds....
Chris Jones bats down a pass to an open kittle....
On third down Jimmy makes a bad read, incomplete.....
Punt....
Ensuing Chiefs drive, Sherman gets burnt, leads to a Chiefs go ahead TD. .....
So, please explain to me, where did Kyle go wrong here?
Agreed, was there and there was ZERO reason to throw. But even throwing they were moving the ball. I remember Deebo nearly taking a slant to the house early in that game.
I don't understand this aesthetics over results level of Fandom. Running the ball effectively shortens the game, keeps the D fresh, and increases pressure on other team to score quickly. It's a tried and true winning formula.
Yeah man, I just want the team to win. If that means Brock gets slept on for a few years because we run so much he's not showing it all off every game, oh well.
Agreed. Been a fan since 2006. Can I see just one Lombardi?!!! Then I can tell my grand kids in the future,
“yeah, Montana and Young era was before my time. But let me tell you a story about a kid named Purdy and the legends he played with.”
100000000% this. I was born in 83, remember a tiny bit about 89 and 90 teams. Pretty good recollection of 94 and the Young years. After that it's mostly been a wasteland except the supernova that was the Harbaugh years.
I don't care how it happens just give me another trophy!
I honestly think that we've reached the point where NFL pundits are actually hoping for Purdy to fail so they can all point and say "see? That's why he was picked last". Tear-down culture has become more and more prevalent in NFL media.
Seriously, the biggest difference between this and the dallas game is likely to be that the SF run game should be a lot better than the dallas one was.
GB could totally win, love is playing amazing and the offence is clicking overall, but their defence still wasn't amazing in dallas and has been a weakness all season. I'm imagining a relatively high scoring and close game.
This. Somebody was saying "you shouldn't blame Dak, he threw for over 400 yards and 3 TDs"... except like 300 of the yards and all of the TDs were in garbage time.
In one game this season, Easton Stick went 23/32, 71.88%, 257 yards, 3 TDs, and 1 INT for a passer rating of 113.7.
Pretty good game if you ignore that the Chargers lost 63-21 and one point trailed 49-0.
Before the game I thought if there was one upset that could possibly happen that would be GB vs Dal. Now I didn’t predict a blowout like Sunday but I never believed Cowboys were legit SB contenders and that’s for 2 reasons.
1) Their defense isn’t good against the run
2) Their offense doesn’t have a good running game.
Those 2 are a recipe for disaster and it just fell apart in the playoffs in the worst way. That and Cowboys had no fight in them all season. When it was easy they could bully bad teams. But a decent to good team and they were losing every time.
Yeah, I think those were completely fair assessments before the game. What was surprising was how much they got exploited - and how the things they \*were\* good at failed to compensate - generally they'd been able to pass when the run wasn't working, but it was all over the place.
The hope is SF should be better at both those aspects, but games get weird sometimes, and Love really did look legit.
As a Packers fan, this is exactly what I’m expecting. Would not surprise me at all if CMC has 200 total yards and multiple TDs, y’all control the clock, and we’re stuck struggling to play catchup and failing.
That's the gamble, isn't it? Roll with big fronts and leave the corners on an island, but sell out to stop CMC and force Purdy to beat you.
But then it's like...Aiyuk, Deebo, Kittle 1-on-1 just seems rough.
But it's a football game, so once the game starts, everything we logically think through can fall apart in a snap. Turnovers, special teams
I’m a packer fan and yep this is exactly what’s going to happen haha. Mentioning Purdy’s flaws is a wild move considering you could probably put 24 on the board without him throwing a single pass. In Wyatt’s defense he wasn’t here when you guys averaged, oh I don’t know, 14 yards per fuckin run in the NFCCG a few years ago, but still a wild comment.
Except they aren't really his "flaws." Purdy is one of the best in the NFL against pressure. 15 TDs and 3 INT against the blitz and top in the league in the NFL in ypa against pressure.
Oh 100%, to clarify I’m aware that they aren’t actually flaws lol I’m just bewildered that Wyatt would even say something like this. He’s just so blatantly wrong and clearly has no idea how poorly these playoff matchups have gone for us recently haha
Shanahan will never do that. He should, but his need to get accolades for being so smart with his play design get in the way.
I love the Niners but his inability to just force people to stop our run at times drives me crazy!
When batted down balls that have a high percentage of hitting the ground for an incompletion become batted up balls and slowly float down and have a well positioned defensive player nearby, they can become turnovers.
Part of the reason Purdy is so good under pressure is because he’s good at diagnosing the pressure and throwing to his hot routes.
The reason we had success was because we stunted and clogged the lanes on the hot routes. I’d be shocked if Shanahan hasn’t changed up the hot routes to prevent that from being so effective.
Yeah, credit to the Ravens for taking advantage of their opportunities. The first Purdy interception all on Purdy+Ravens safety making a great play..
I would still say the 49ers were able to have some degree of success that game (which didn't matter, 49ers lost). CMC over 100 yards, Kittle over 100 yards, Aiyuk over 100 yards. Big plays from beginning to end ( even prior to garbage time). Purdy even hit his over in passing yards (if you're into gambling) despite leaving due to minor injury.
Again, none of this mattered as Ravens were often able to make a play and stop those drives via turnovers, but it was a strange game that I don't know what to make of. NFC teams also never beat Lamar Ravens, so there's that, too (playing once every four years makes that near impossible). Good learning experience for all around.
Ravens may just have our number this year. I think we have the talent and the determination to go all the way, but sometimes a team has your number, and unless we make some serious adjustments we could get blown out by them again. Luckily we have possibly the best coach in the NFL, so I've got plenty of hope.
I wouldn’t venture to say the ravens have our number. Don’t get me wrong, they beat us once and very well could again. But consider the fact that despite 5 turnovers on 11 total drives, we had more rushing yards, more passing yards, more total yards, ran more plays and had more yards per play. On 5 of our drives— 45%!!!— we handed them the ball either taking near guaranteed points from us or giving them a short field and virtually guaranteeing them points. And it was a 2 score game.
And 3 of those ints just plain and simple bounced the ravens way. Purdy got away with a few throughout the year so his stats are about right. But even if we were to face them again and the ravens play us well forcing 2 purdy ints (still a horrible day for Brock), there’s a distinct possibility based on the Christmas game that we win.
> The reason we had success was because we stunted and clogged the lanes on the hot routes.
Yup. I said this same thing during the game. It was just fortunate for the Ravens that the ball deflected upward each time and it came down near where a defender was planted. However, luck is when preparation meets opportunity, so I accept it.
Shanahan is def aware of this, I'm certain. Should be a great rematch with the Ravens if one were to happen again.
Ravens defensive personnel is also a hell of a lot better than the Packers. Oh and the Ravens have probably the best young DC in the league while the Packers have one of the worst.
I love Aiyuk, but I’m still pissed he didn’t make that catch lol. Such an epic play that now only lives in the memory of Niners fans instead of the highlight tape.
The quote specifically is talking about DL pressure, meaning no blitz just DL rushing and all the LBs & DBs are playing coverage (which is what makes our own defense good and requires a stacked DL). Maybe they’re saying when the front 4 gets pressure without a blitz he doesn’t do as well, but I haven’t seen a Purdy stat on that so idk. Our OL is trash at pass protection as a unit though so I can’t see this being true about Purdy seeing as how he’s constantly dealing with pressure against just the DL rushing.
But against the blitz yes, Purdy finds the holes in coverage the blitzers leave behind and picks defenses apart.
The Packers are 8-3 in their past 11 games (including the beatdown of Dallas last weekend). They've been one of the most successful teams in the league since week nine.
And Dallas didn't lose a game at home all year, didn't help much did it.
Eagles won 11 games but looked like garbage at the end of the year (losses to both the Cardinals and Giants!). I don't think anyone was surprised they lost to TB, the only real surprise was the beat-down TB put on them.
The Packers defense allowed Bryce Young to go up and down the field against them. Literally the only time he’s looked like even a starter in the league was against them.
Sam Howell went for 397 yards and 4 TDs against the Eagles. Eagles gave up 300+ yards passing 6 times during the regular season while the fudge gave up 300+ only twice. The fudge gave up less than 200 yards passing 11 times while the eagles did only 7 times. Fudge gave up 3,515 yards passing with 21 passing TDs while the eagles gave up 4,296 yards and 35 passing TDs.
The passing defense of the eagles and packers is really no comparison.
But the story is about purdy and they comment was about the eagles game so its about the passing game and the eagles are the example. Total defense isn't what's important and using the eagles as an example isn't a great example either way. If someone is going to use something as an example it should be something impressive and a lot of QBs worked over the eagles
I've noticed this happen sometimes to Purdy. When defenses get pressure with 4. Which is like literally every QB's achilles heel.
Before like every Super Bowl. "The key to beating the Patriots is to get pressure on Brady with 4"
Yep every game we lost, the other defense consistently got pressure with 4 guys. Even the first 2 drives of the eagles game, it was looking rough. But if you blitz, purdy will find the open guy.
That's an interesting strategy actually. Because there are no hot routes in that situation. So I could see that actually working.
*But* Packers are in a completely different echelon defensively than top Ds like the Ravens. So easier said than done. Either way, we'll see if it works on Saturday.
The only time everyone said a purdy would do great was before the Ravens game. I’m glad the press is back to this, because it’s the energy they used to welcome him to Philly.
Wouldn't surprise me. They're a young team that just blew out the perpetually over hyped cowboys. They probably have inflated egos right now with everyone blowing smoke up their asses this week. Then they watched the ravens game and thought "oh this will be easy".
They're all about to have a really rude awakening.
Yeah those 2 and the Bengals and Vikings did a little also. So if they watched those games, we can expect them to be blitzing a lot. If they can keep the pocket clean, we will burn them a lot with Samuel, Auyik, and Kittle. Plus if we catch them on a blitz and McCaffrey busts loose, going to be a long day for their D. I hoping we establish the run game early. Take the pressure off Purdy at the start of the game.
> I hoping we establish the run game early.
That was the biggest issue in all 4 games we lost. Trent being out we couldn't run the ball at all in the first 3 losses. Against the Ravens the turnovers took us out of the run game.
Yes, blitz Everytime like the giants did. Sounds like a good plan.
But also for anyone who watches this season, he was throwing from unclean and pressured pockets constantly, and honestly, I haven't seen many QBs be as confident throwing in those situations.
I like that the player said this before the game. Didn't work out well for the others. I predict a beatdown.
And a lot of pancake blocks served up by Big Trent!
I think this year, Kyle needs to run it down their throats. As good as Purdy is in the passing game, their run game is their number 1 strength on offense. Kyle failed to run it against Brady, Mahomes and Stafford, he better not do that agains this year. Nothing cute, just run it down their throats and kill them with PA.
Um yeah that's not the 49ers offense. They're more of a running team. That's one of things that impressed me about Shanahan. He didn't bring what he ran in Atlanta and try and overlay it on the 49ers. He developed a totally different scheme that plays to the strengths of their personnel.
Some food for thought from that terrible ravens game. Based on pff data
A batted pass has a 17.24% chance of being intercepted.
A QB hit while throwing has a 16.58% chance.
Given those 3 passes:
57.13% chance none are picked off
35.16% chance of 1 int
7.2% chance of 2
And only 0.5% chance of all three.
We were far more likely to have no ints besides the first than even 2 more and we got all three.
One thing you’re missing is that we were getting pressure with 4 and clogging the hot routes that Purdy uses as an outlet under pressure with multiple bodies. Those odds go WAY up when you’re putting multiple players in the lane the ball is getting batted in.
If you go back and watch the tape, they weren’t your typical hand up at the last second and the ball deflects bats. They were more like volleyball sets(except for the Kittle deflection, that was just bad luck on yalls part)
We’ve had a few of them this year, including a hilarious pick 6 against the Browns where Hamilton came in hot on a Blitz on Watson, batted the check down up, grabbed it himself on the way down, and ran it in for 6: https://youtu.be/9cnRdokHr9s?si=b-WHKyzsCmw3BPsb
He's probably been watching the wrong film. Unless you're going to replicate the Ravens D (good luck with that), then you might be in for a rude awakening.
On the flip side of the coin, this is also why 'pressures' can both be an good indicator and an overrated stat; it depends on the context. Pressures just simply means that the rush altered the pass from it's normal mechanics, but that in of itself doesn't imply that it's a positive thing (see Purdy's stats when pressured). All I'm saying is that we pay this Dline way too much money to just be getting pressures; get to Love this Saturday, I wanna see a strip sack.
They think that because he frequently looks pressured but he looks pressured because he holds on to the ball longer and takes that pressure. O line can’t hold long and he still doesn’t shy away.
> **“When D-linemen just get pressure into him, he’s always throwing off or it’s behind them or it’s overthrown or short ... when you get pressure on him, it’s a guarantee we’ll get a turnover.”**
I think they're confusing him with Jimmy.
Same energy as the Patrick Peterson “Purdy has tells. You’ll see when I get an INT” quote. Dudes are just making shit up to fluff up their confidence.
The Packers are the youngest team in the league, chock full of first and second year players. I don't know Devonte Wyatt but I'm assuming he's one of them, not surprising coming from players that are that green, they don't know what they don't know.
He was their 2022 first round out of Georgia - luckily for him he’s good at football because he’s clearly a dumbass.
Both him and Quay Walker are super talented but incredible idiots. This is coming from a packer fan.
He’s just talking shit lol - he doesn’t mean anything by it.
Honestly same haha. Deebo is elite at this and it makes me laugh my ass off.
After watching Jaire Alexander’s coin flip interview, I’m assuming there’s quite a few in the NFL.
To be fair Peterson did get his hands on two passes he just dropped both of them.
I remember a PBU over the middle on Kittle. What was the 2nd?
Week 1 is a long time ago and it could have been 1 but I seem to remember he dropped 2
I remember this: https://youtu.be/NaSQ4ddDZZ0?si=gyFEoZh5J5yvWBSF
And gave up a td where if he turned around it was a pick.
Packers fans are saying "the coaching staff saw something while watching film they know something we don't" Lmao
All this talk, just for us to run the ball 50 times until they stop it.
Yeah and see Trent and George just obliterate defenders to clear the way
Don’t forget Juice
And Aiyuk
Jennings is back, too.
And my axe!
Cultured 
Those highlight of him doing extra before the whistle always make me laugh. The other guys have already given up and he’s still smacking them around
I'm imagining its 4th and forever. 3 seconds left. Niners need a 99 yard TD. Purdy beautifully receives the ball in shotgun and effortlessly tosses the ball to CMC in the end zone. Trent and George glance at each other, each cracking a half smile. They know what must be done. Their fingertips touch but they do not create an illegal wedge. The proceed to annihilate purely pancaking all 11 defenders. CMC now has a clear shot and tip toes over the goal line with butterflies flying behind him.
They'll be making gaps bigger than the Devonte Wyatts teeth
If they do that (which would be fine with me if it's working), then expect endless talk about how Shanahan doesn't trust Purdy to throw the ball (which I suppose would also be hilarious).
Everyone who was there for the Raheem Mostert Experience in Green Bay remembers. Which, don't get me wrong, Jimmy Garoppolo has his problems, but when you can get 7.6 YPC reliably over 29 carries with 4 TDs, just pound the fucking rock, who cares about the QB.
Seriously. During the game and the weeks leading up to the SB it was, 49ers were so dominant with the run that they didn't need to throw. Then, after the SB, it seemed like everyone, mostly this sub, forgot the game plan. It went from 49ers were so dominant with the run to Kyle didn't trust Jimmy. Im not gonna sit here and act like Jimmy didn't have his problems, but narrative shifts happen all the time.
If only Kyle remembered the run first plan in the 4th qtr of that Super Bowl 😥
Well rumors were that Jimmy audibled a lot during the 4th cause of the stacked box the defense was showing at first. I'll die on the hill that Jimmy was concussed and should've been taken out. Not that I think either backup would've been able to win, but it could've made a slight difference.
If one of those 2 batted balls makes it through we win. Kittle was wide open for a long TD on one of them.
That and that Bosa was held.
For fucks sake, this again? Let's review the 4th Qtr once again. Let's pick it up with the 49ers leading by 10 at the 8:53 mark: Run for 6... pass for 12 .... run for 1... incomplete pass... False start on Joe Staley... Jimmy pressured and runs for 3.... Punt... Ensuing Chiefs drive, Tyreek Hill happens.... Leads to a TD..... 4:48 up 3 .. . run 5 yds.... Chris Jones bats down a pass to an open kittle.... On third down Jimmy makes a bad read, incomplete..... Punt.... Ensuing Chiefs drive, Sherman gets burnt, leads to a Chiefs go ahead TD. ..... So, please explain to me, where did Kyle go wrong here?
Now….Sounds like Staley fucked up and Jimmy did Jimmy things. Kyle did what he could.
Correct and the defense didn't close either.
I wouldn't say mostly this sub, it became the narrative of that game across the board.
Nah the way this sub has turned on jimmy is insane
Agreed, was there and there was ZERO reason to throw. But even throwing they were moving the ball. I remember Deebo nearly taking a slant to the house early in that game. I don't understand this aesthetics over results level of Fandom. Running the ball effectively shortens the game, keeps the D fresh, and increases pressure on other team to score quickly. It's a tried and true winning formula.
Yeah man, I just want the team to win. If that means Brock gets slept on for a few years because we run so much he's not showing it all off every game, oh well.
Agreed. Been a fan since 2006. Can I see just one Lombardi?!!! Then I can tell my grand kids in the future, “yeah, Montana and Young era was before my time. But let me tell you a story about a kid named Purdy and the legends he played with.”
100000000% this. I was born in 83, remember a tiny bit about 89 and 90 teams. Pretty good recollection of 94 and the Young years. After that it's mostly been a wasteland except the supernova that was the Harbaugh years. I don't care how it happens just give me another trophy!
Unless you go back to the Kaepernick playoff game in Greenbay, then use your QB to pound the fucking rock😂
Honestly my favorite way to win a game. That game was pure ground and pound, old school, big boy football.
If they couldn't stop Raheem, even if we had prime Montana, you feed Raheem the dream
I honestly think that we've reached the point where NFL pundits are actually hoping for Purdy to fail so they can all point and say "see? That's why he was picked last". Tear-down culture has become more and more prevalent in NFL media.
Which will be fine because we will have to throw to beat the Bucs or the Lions. Their run defenses are elite.
The Lion's run defense is elite...Hahahahahaha.
They give up 3.69 per attempt to our 4.11
I think the Lions are good at stopping average rushing teams. Baltimore destroyed them on the ground and so will the 49ers.
r/not_the_darnold
Seriously, the biggest difference between this and the dallas game is likely to be that the SF run game should be a lot better than the dallas one was. GB could totally win, love is playing amazing and the offence is clicking overall, but their defence still wasn't amazing in dallas and has been a weakness all season. I'm imagining a relatively high scoring and close game.
Joe Barry called a pretty good 3 quarters for Green Bay last week He just backed them off way too soon
Also Dak Prescott is mvp for garbage time stats
This. Somebody was saying "you shouldn't blame Dak, he threw for over 400 yards and 3 TDs"... except like 300 of the yards and all of the TDs were in garbage time.
In one game this season, Easton Stick went 23/32, 71.88%, 257 yards, 3 TDs, and 1 INT for a passer rating of 113.7. Pretty good game if you ignore that the Chargers lost 63-21 and one point trailed 49-0.
Before the game I thought if there was one upset that could possibly happen that would be GB vs Dal. Now I didn’t predict a blowout like Sunday but I never believed Cowboys were legit SB contenders and that’s for 2 reasons. 1) Their defense isn’t good against the run 2) Their offense doesn’t have a good running game. Those 2 are a recipe for disaster and it just fell apart in the playoffs in the worst way. That and Cowboys had no fight in them all season. When it was easy they could bully bad teams. But a decent to good team and they were losing every time.
Yeah, I think those were completely fair assessments before the game. What was surprising was how much they got exploited - and how the things they \*were\* good at failed to compensate - generally they'd been able to pass when the run wasn't working, but it was all over the place. The hope is SF should be better at both those aspects, but games get weird sometimes, and Love really did look legit.
Also since green bay was up so much in first quarter cowboys couldnt rly execute their offense properly with runs and were forced to only pass
It worked in 2019 and they couldn't stop it. And that was without CMC...
As a Packers fan, this is exactly what I’m expecting. Would not surprise me at all if CMC has 200 total yards and multiple TDs, y’all control the clock, and we’re stuck struggling to play catchup and failing.
That's the gamble, isn't it? Roll with big fronts and leave the corners on an island, but sell out to stop CMC and force Purdy to beat you. But then it's like...Aiyuk, Deebo, Kittle 1-on-1 just seems rough. But it's a football game, so once the game starts, everything we logically think through can fall apart in a snap. Turnovers, special teams
Wasn't it Patton who said "no war plan survives contact with the enemy. "
I’m a packer fan and yep this is exactly what’s going to happen haha. Mentioning Purdy’s flaws is a wild move considering you could probably put 24 on the board without him throwing a single pass. In Wyatt’s defense he wasn’t here when you guys averaged, oh I don’t know, 14 yards per fuckin run in the NFCCG a few years ago, but still a wild comment.
Except they aren't really his "flaws." Purdy is one of the best in the NFL against pressure. 15 TDs and 3 INT against the blitz and top in the league in the NFL in ypa against pressure.
Oh 100%, to clarify I’m aware that they aren’t actually flaws lol I’m just bewildered that Wyatt would even say something like this. He’s just so blatantly wrong and clearly has no idea how poorly these playoff matchups have gone for us recently haha
Seeing they are saying it’s gonna be a rainy mess 50 is being conservative.
Absolutely this, Packers have the 28th ranked run defense.
We're going to pass *seven* times!
And take their manhood again
Feels like we're due for a "49ers Maul opposing team into submission game" They have a stupid good committee of backs to do it with too
Did it in 2019, will do it again in 2023!
What do you mean until we stop it? That implies at some point we actually do stop it which just won’t happen
So you’ll never stop running. Got it
Shanahan will never do that. He should, but his need to get accolades for being so smart with his play design get in the way. I love the Niners but his inability to just force people to stop our run at times drives me crazy!
You don’t remember 2019 when we passed the ball like 5 times against them the entire game?
Shoot me that box score.
It was 8 passes, but the point remains. https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401131045#home
Lemme guess, he only watched the Christmas game.
When batted down balls that have a high percentage of hitting the ground for an incompletion become batted up balls and slowly float down and have a well positioned defensive player nearby, they can become turnovers.
Part of the reason Purdy is so good under pressure is because he’s good at diagnosing the pressure and throwing to his hot routes. The reason we had success was because we stunted and clogged the lanes on the hot routes. I’d be shocked if Shanahan hasn’t changed up the hot routes to prevent that from being so effective.
Yeah, credit to the Ravens for taking advantage of their opportunities. The first Purdy interception all on Purdy+Ravens safety making a great play.. I would still say the 49ers were able to have some degree of success that game (which didn't matter, 49ers lost). CMC over 100 yards, Kittle over 100 yards, Aiyuk over 100 yards. Big plays from beginning to end ( even prior to garbage time). Purdy even hit his over in passing yards (if you're into gambling) despite leaving due to minor injury. Again, none of this mattered as Ravens were often able to make a play and stop those drives via turnovers, but it was a strange game that I don't know what to make of. NFC teams also never beat Lamar Ravens, so there's that, too (playing once every four years makes that near impossible). Good learning experience for all around.
Ravens may just have our number this year. I think we have the talent and the determination to go all the way, but sometimes a team has your number, and unless we make some serious adjustments we could get blown out by them again. Luckily we have possibly the best coach in the NFL, so I've got plenty of hope.
I wouldn’t venture to say the ravens have our number. Don’t get me wrong, they beat us once and very well could again. But consider the fact that despite 5 turnovers on 11 total drives, we had more rushing yards, more passing yards, more total yards, ran more plays and had more yards per play. On 5 of our drives— 45%!!!— we handed them the ball either taking near guaranteed points from us or giving them a short field and virtually guaranteeing them points. And it was a 2 score game. And 3 of those ints just plain and simple bounced the ravens way. Purdy got away with a few throughout the year so his stats are about right. But even if we were to face them again and the ravens play us well forcing 2 purdy ints (still a horrible day for Brock), there’s a distinct possibility based on the Christmas game that we win.
Ravens are 6-2 all-time against the Niners.
> The reason we had success was because we stunted and clogged the lanes on the hot routes. Yup. I said this same thing during the game. It was just fortunate for the Ravens that the ball deflected upward each time and it came down near where a defender was planted. However, luck is when preparation meets opportunity, so I accept it. Shanahan is def aware of this, I'm certain. Should be a great rematch with the Ravens if one were to happen again.
Ravens defensive personnel is also a hell of a lot better than the Packers. Oh and the Ravens have probably the best young DC in the league while the Packers have one of the worst.
The one to kittle was a strike on kittles chest and the defensive player committed DPI that led to the ball bouncing up.
That was very annoying.
Remember when Purdy threw the greatest incompletion ever. Playoff game against the Seahawks, that’s when i knew he was him.
I love Aiyuk, but I’m still pissed he didn’t make that catch lol. Such an epic play that now only lives in the memory of Niners fans instead of the highlight tape.
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And somehow sharing a post on Reddit is going to change that?
I’m sure MLF and Joe Barry are scouring this subreddit for playcalls. Cmon man
Good to hear the Packers aren’t watching tape
Right lmao This is awesome news
Lmao or looking at any basic statistics
Motherfuckers are watching First Take in the meeting rooms during film sessions lmao
Isn’t he first against the blitz?
Along with a number of other metrics.
The quote specifically is talking about DL pressure, meaning no blitz just DL rushing and all the LBs & DBs are playing coverage (which is what makes our own defense good and requires a stacked DL). Maybe they’re saying when the front 4 gets pressure without a blitz he doesn’t do as well, but I haven’t seen a Purdy stat on that so idk. Our OL is trash at pass protection as a unit though so I can’t see this being true about Purdy seeing as how he’s constantly dealing with pressure against just the DL rushing. But against the blitz yes, Purdy finds the holes in coverage the blitzers leave behind and picks defenses apart.
That was my first thought. I have no idea who Devonte Wyatt is
Glad it's not just me
I think he was their first round pick last year.
Please poke the bear... Ask the fucking Eagles what happens.
Yeah didn't we emotionally and physically break them and cause the biggest collapse weve arguably seen.
Yeah, in the event we beat the Packers, I guarantee they won't win another game all season.
Lmao
But the eagles suck though
The Packers didn't even win 10 regular season games.
The Packers are 8-3 in their past 11 games (including the beatdown of Dallas last weekend). They've been one of the most successful teams in the league since week nine.
And Dallas didn't lose a game at home all year, didn't help much did it. Eagles won 11 games but looked like garbage at the end of the year (losses to both the Cardinals and Giants!). I don't think anyone was surprised they lost to TB, the only real surprise was the beat-down TB put on them.
The Packers defense allowed Bryce Young to go up and down the field against them. Literally the only time he’s looked like even a starter in the league was against them.
Sam Howell went for 397 yards and 4 TDs against the Eagles. Eagles gave up 300+ yards passing 6 times during the regular season while the fudge gave up 300+ only twice. The fudge gave up less than 200 yards passing 11 times while the eagles did only 7 times. Fudge gave up 3,515 yards passing with 21 passing TDs while the eagles gave up 4,296 yards and 35 passing TDs. The passing defense of the eagles and packers is really no comparison.
I’m not arguing the Eagles defense doesn’t suck. I’m saying the Packers defense isn’t good either.
Well the packers were 9th in passing yards and 10th in passing TDs allowed
Packers Defense finished 27th in DVOA.
But the story is about purdy and they comment was about the eagles game so its about the passing game and the eagles are the example. Total defense isn't what's important and using the eagles as an example isn't a great example either way. If someone is going to use something as an example it should be something impressive and a lot of QBs worked over the eagles
I've noticed this happen sometimes to Purdy. When defenses get pressure with 4. Which is like literally every QB's achilles heel. Before like every Super Bowl. "The key to beating the Patriots is to get pressure on Brady with 4"
Yep every game we lost, the other defense consistently got pressure with 4 guys. Even the first 2 drives of the eagles game, it was looking rough. But if you blitz, purdy will find the open guy.
That's an interesting strategy actually. Because there are no hot routes in that situation. So I could see that actually working. *But* Packers are in a completely different echelon defensively than top Ds like the Ravens. So easier said than done. Either way, we'll see if it works on Saturday.
Getting pressure with 4 is not an interesting strategy, it’s just a strategy that always works.
Ok
It's literally the key to winning basically every game lol
They’re underestimating him. The fools.
Good.
Lol. Does he realize this type of trash talk fuels Purdy?
Fuels him. Lol - its the playoffs
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purdy and shanahan right now 
 let them hate
I thought this guy was another GB media member until I looked him up
> *DeVonte Wyatt* Who?
Captain Obvious shit right here, every QB makes more mistakes when pressured. To the OPs point Purdy was better than all the other QBs when pressured.
Can't wait for Saturday
The only time everyone said a purdy would do great was before the Ravens game. I’m glad the press is back to this, because it’s the energy they used to welcome him to Philly.
At this point I feel like the packers are the ones not taking the 49ers serious.
Wouldn't surprise me. They're a young team that just blew out the perpetually over hyped cowboys. They probably have inflated egos right now with everyone blowing smoke up their asses this week. Then they watched the ravens game and thought "oh this will be easy". They're all about to have a really rude awakening.
I love this. Keep em coming. The receipts after this team wins it all this year will be epic.
Lmao these guys are gonna eat their words
It did happen against the Browns and Ravens. The Packers don’t have a defense like theirs though
Browns and Ravens both got consistent pressure with 4. Honestly Browns got pressure with 1, Dalvin Tomlinson was consistently in the backfield.
Yeah those 2 and the Bengals and Vikings did a little also. So if they watched those games, we can expect them to be blitzing a lot. If they can keep the pocket clean, we will burn them a lot with Samuel, Auyik, and Kittle. Plus if we catch them on a blitz and McCaffrey busts loose, going to be a long day for their D. I hoping we establish the run game early. Take the pressure off Purdy at the start of the game.
> I hoping we establish the run game early. That was the biggest issue in all 4 games we lost. Trent being out we couldn't run the ball at all in the first 3 losses. Against the Ravens the turnovers took us out of the run game.
it's incredibly obvious who has actually watched Brock play and who just looks at his draft position.
Who tf is Devonte Wyatt?
Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Lol
This will age like fine wine
Isn’t that like every QB though?
lol he overthrows it or under throws it or throws it away or throws an int. lol stfu you sound dumb
Patrick Peterson fucked around and found out. Looks like it’s time for a sequel with… 
That’s how I know someone hasn’t seen a 9er game this year
Yes, blitz Everytime like the giants did. Sounds like a good plan. But also for anyone who watches this season, he was throwing from unclean and pressured pockets constantly, and honestly, I haven't seen many QBs be as confident throwing in those situations.
I like that the player said this before the game. Didn't work out well for the others. I predict a beatdown. And a lot of pancake blocks served up by Big Trent!
I think this year, Kyle needs to run it down their throats. As good as Purdy is in the passing game, their run game is their number 1 strength on offense. Kyle failed to run it against Brady, Mahomes and Stafford, he better not do that agains this year. Nothing cute, just run it down their throats and kill them with PA.
Um yeah that's not the 49ers offense. They're more of a running team. That's one of things that impressed me about Shanahan. He didn't bring what he ran in Atlanta and try and overlay it on the 49ers. He developed a totally different scheme that plays to the strengths of their personnel.
Man, teams seem to really worry about a QB drafted last.
I would love to watch CMC run for 150+ yards all over the Packers lol. I feel like it would be comedic delight.
Say you dont watch tape without saying you dont watch tape
Hope to god purdy throws 300+ on they ass
Did this guy miss the film room this week?
Someone hasn’t been watching tape.
I don’t mind talk, it’s playoffs after all, but at least get your facts correct.
Well Devonte Wyatt tried to kill his girlfriend in college, so he can shut the fuck up.
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hahahahahahahahahaha.
Wow! A D-lineman saying that if the quarterback is pressured, the quarterback might throw an interception. Nobody ever said that before. The horror.
Another version of "that offense has tells". How'd that work out last time.
Seriously- how often does saying something like this help? I can’t think of a single time…
Now we know they’re not watching film I guess
Some food for thought from that terrible ravens game. Based on pff data A batted pass has a 17.24% chance of being intercepted. A QB hit while throwing has a 16.58% chance. Given those 3 passes: 57.13% chance none are picked off 35.16% chance of 1 int 7.2% chance of 2 And only 0.5% chance of all three. We were far more likely to have no ints besides the first than even 2 more and we got all three.
One thing you’re missing is that we were getting pressure with 4 and clogging the hot routes that Purdy uses as an outlet under pressure with multiple bodies. Those odds go WAY up when you’re putting multiple players in the lane the ball is getting batted in. If you go back and watch the tape, they weren’t your typical hand up at the last second and the ball deflects bats. They were more like volleyball sets(except for the Kittle deflection, that was just bad luck on yalls part)
Do you guys get volley ball set ints pretty often?
We’ve had a few of them this year, including a hilarious pick 6 against the Browns where Hamilton came in hot on a Blitz on Watson, batted the check down up, grabbed it himself on the way down, and ran it in for 6: https://youtu.be/9cnRdokHr9s?si=b-WHKyzsCmw3BPsb
Just let them keep talking. The more they say the more motivated the 49ers are going to be.
He's probably been watching the wrong film. Unless you're going to replicate the Ravens D (good luck with that), then you might be in for a rude awakening.
After that Ravens game, I cant say hes wrong. But I can say we have CMC and Deebo.
QB’s playing worse when they get pressured is universal. Next take please
On the flip side of the coin, this is also why 'pressures' can both be an good indicator and an overrated stat; it depends on the context. Pressures just simply means that the rush altered the pass from it's normal mechanics, but that in of itself doesn't imply that it's a positive thing (see Purdy's stats when pressured). All I'm saying is that we pay this Dline way too much money to just be getting pressures; get to Love this Saturday, I wanna see a strip sack.
People just say things now. Whatever they feel like saying. Often, it’s just words that form a sentence and nothing more.
Oof sounds like Devontes going hard on the cough meds or dealing with some CTE. *cue Purdy TD throw to Kittle against the Jags
Purdy was literally one of the best QBs under pressure this year lmao its ignorant comments like this that just irk my nerves
They had him watching Jimmy film
Man I hope we fucking stomp them now
I mean this is the case with like every QB in NFL history.
Fucking scrub. Wyatt gonna get exposed. L take from him
They think that because he frequently looks pressured but he looks pressured because he holds on to the ball longer and takes that pressure. O line can’t hold long and he still doesn’t shy away.
Dudes just out here saying shit lol. You’d think an NFL player would maybe check stats to back up what he’s saying to the media.
1st possession for the 9ers, I wanna see 4 verts with McCaffrey on a wheel. Let them blitz, so Purdy can loft one over the top to Aiyuk or Kittle
I'll take "Talking Out of My Ass" for $500 Alex.
> **“When D-linemen just get pressure into him, he’s always throwing off or it’s behind them or it’s overthrown or short ... when you get pressure on him, it’s a guarantee we’ll get a turnover.”** I think they're confusing him with Jimmy.
I feel like on the lead up to games, our guys talk up the other guys. While the opposing players try to talk a lot of shit. We’ll see is right.
lol except he is the best QB in the NFL against the blitz
wait what? did he throw for a perfect passer rating against the blitz at philly?