A Tail Of Two Halves

 

The Lions came into Levi's roaring and mauled the 49ers in the first half. In the second half the 49ers defense tamed the Lions giving their offense an opportunity to put up points.The offense responded by averaging 8.6 yards per play in the third quarter after averaging just 4.7 in the first half. Brock Purdy had a QBR of 99.1 in the second half against Detroit out of 100. Purdy added +10.6 EPA on scrambles which led to 6 1st downs. 3 scramble runs for 52 yards (all 1sts). 3-of-4 for 41 yards, 3 1sts on scramble passes.

The Niners totaled Defensive Pressures against Goff:

Nick Bosa Arik Armstead Javon Hargrave Javon Kinlaw Dre Greenlaw Chase Young

Jared Goff last night: Kept Clean: 22-28, 247 yards, 1 TD, 115.3 passer rating Under Pressure: 3-13, 26 yards, 39.6 passer rating

Wilks did a good job of disquising coverages by making it look one way and shifting at the snap to confuse the Lions. Goff is the same quarterback he was coming out of Sony Dykes system as it pertains to struggling under pressure.

In NFL history, 114 teams have trailed by 17+ points at halftime of a playoff game. Only one of those teams was no longer trailing entering the fourth quarter: The San Francisco 49ers Sunday night.

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NFC Championship Game: Detroit Lions vs San Francisco 49ers

Will the 3rd time be the charm? Good evening and welcome to gameday everyone. How are we feeling about this matchup? Here's some stats that should make you feel good about the 49ers chances tonight:

 Jared Goff in a clean pocket:

76% completion, 8.2 YPA, 27 TDs, 3 INTs Jared Goff under pressure: 51.4% completion, 6.3 YPA, 6 TDs, 9 INTs

EPA per play in a clean pocket: #1 Brock Purdy #7 Jared Goff EPA per play under pressure: #3 Brock Purdy #28 Jared Goff

Lions QB Jared Goff this season: In 10 home games: 64.3 QBR, 8.1 yards/attempt, 22 TD, 6 INT In 8 road games: 57.8 QBR, 7.1 yards/attempt, 11 TD, 6 INT

Lions run man coverage at the 5th-highest rate in the NFL this season. Brock Purdy vs. man coverage this season: #1 in yards per attempt #1 in EPA per play #1 in passer rating #1 in passer rating under pressure #2 in EPA per play under pressure

Brock Purdy leads the NFL in TD passes when scrambling out of the pocket.

The Lions have a Top 10 blitz rate on 1st/2nd down this season at 28%. Brock Purdy is #1 against the blitz.

The #Lions had a passer rating of 113.8 this season when targeting in between the numbers (2nd in NFL). The #49ers defense allowed a passer rating of 77.3 in between the numbers (1st in NFL).

Lions are #1 against the run on 1st downs giving up only 3 yards.

Lions backup left guard Kayode Awosika allowed a team-high 7 pressures on 28 pass blocking snaps (25.0%) after Jonah Jackson left the game in the 2nd quarter (0 pressures on 18 pass blocking snaps). Vita Vea generated 4 pressures in 5 matchups vs Awosika

The key to this game is Hargrave, Armstead, Warner and Greenlaw. 'A' gap pressure to make Goff move left or right is imperative. Do that and the 49ers win 35-20. Bring it home to the bay!

49ers inactives vs. Lions in NFC Championship game: -WR Ronnie Bell -WR Willie Snead -OL Matt Pryor -LB Curtis Robinson -LB Jalen Graham -CB Samuel Womack -Third QB-Brandon Allen

Will The 49ers Give Love A Bad Name?

 Hello everyone and welcome to the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. The red hot Packers come into Levi's stadium with a 4 game winning streak, including a mollywhopping of the Dallas Cowboys in the Wildcard game last week. The Niners come into this game rested and prepared, while the Packers will be depending on the teams youth to sustain them after logging in 2000 miles to Texas and back, and another 2000 to Santa Clara. If this game is tight in the 4th quarter the advantage would appear to be with the 49ers. I think the gameplan should be run and run it some more, gobbling up time of possession. Packers run defense ranks 28th. Deebo needs at least 5 carries, CMC with another 20 and Mitchell with another 10. Grind the cheese and melt the Packers defense into sauce. Do that and the Niners should be in victory formation by the end of the 4th quarter. Sometimes Love don't feel like it should, Niners hurt so good and Brock them like a hurricane, 38-17!

49ers inactives: QB Brandon Allen (3rd QB) LB Jalen Graham OL Matt Pryor WR Ronnie Bell CB Sam Womack DL Alex Barrett DL T.Y. McGill

9ERS VS PACKERS at Levi stadium: Saturday, Jan. 20 at 5:00pm

 by Geep

* 9ER OFFENSE VS PACKERS DEFENSE:
The packers defense will be faced with stopping RB CMC, who led the NFL with 1,459 rushing yards and scored 21 touchdowns (14 rushing and 7 receiving). Then there are all pros TE Kittle, FB Juszczyk and LT Williams, as well as WR Aiyuk and Samuel.
* Aiyuk was chosen as a 2nd team All-Pro, catching 75 passes for a career-best 1,342 receiving yards.
Samuel joined Hall of Famer Charley Taylor to become the 2nd player in NFL history with at least 4,000 receiving yards and 1,000 rushing yards in his first 5 seasons.
* BP set a 9ers season records with 4,280 passing yards, a 113.0 passer rating and 9.6 yards per pass attempt.
* A key for a 9ers win, will be opening running lanes for CMC and protecting Purdy against a Packers pass rush led by Rashan Gary (9 sacks), Preston Smith (eight) and Kenny Clark (7.5 sacks).

THE 9ER DEFENSE: PRESSURE GB QB LOVE
* GB QB Jordan Love looks to be an emerging start, he got better as the season went on. He finished the regular season with 32 TD passes, 11 INT's and a passer rating of 96.0.
* Love toyed with the Cowgirls defense, completing 16 of 21 passes for 272 yards and 3 TD's to his receivers Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks.
* GB RB Aaron Jones is a load. Finally healthy, he tore off chunks of yardage against Dallas, carrying the ball 21 times for 118 rushing yards and three TD's on the ground.
* DT Armstead is back, returning to action after missing the last 5 games due to foot and knee issues. He'll team up with DT Hargrave to provide the 9ers with a stout interior to stop GB RB A.Jones.
DE Chase Young and Bosa will need to pressure love into making mistakes that 2nd team All-Pro, CB Charvarius Ward, and the 9er DB's can turn into INT's.
* First team All-Pro MLB Fred Warner, who leads the 9ers with 132 tackles, 4 INT's, 4 forced fumbles and 6 tackles for loss, will look to help limit GB RB Aaron Jones and TE Luke Musgrave, while adding to his stats.

SPECIAL TEAMS: These 2 teams do not excel on special teams, as
The 9ers and GB are ranked 25th and 29th, respectively.
* GB rookie, Anders Carlson has missed 5 extra points during the season and 1 more on Sunday against the Cowboys.
* 9er Kicker, Jake Moody, was mostly consistent during his 1st season, but he missed at inopportune times. he heads into his first postseason after a rough Week 18 performance, in which he missed a 38-yard field goal and an extra point. He was 60 for 60 on extra points before missing in a 1 point loss to the Rams.
* 9er Punter, M. Wishnowsky, had his best season with a 42.7 net average on 52 punts. 50% of his punts forced the opposition to begin their drives inside their own 20-yard line.
* GB return man Keisean Nixon was chosen to the All-Pro team for his work on kickoffs.
* 9ers Ray-Ray McCloud is back as the 9ers’ return man on kickoffs and punts after he missed more than a month with fractured ribs.
Also, 9ers core special-teams player George Odum is back after undergoing surgery to repair a torn biceps in late November.

This should be a game the 9ers win by 10+ points, but will depend on 4 things.
1) The 9er O-Line stopping GB's pass rush, giving BP time to find his receivers. 2) Opening holes for CMC to run thru. 3) The 9er defense Keeping GB RB Aron Jones out of the end zone and 4) Pressuring
Love into making mistakes and controlling his receivers YAC.

Gameday Week 18: Rams vs 49ers

 Here is the list of players we know will not be playing in this game:

QB Brock Purdy (3rd QB) DT Arik Armstead (foot) RB Christian McCaffrey (calf) S Tashaun Gipson (quad) S Ji’Ayir Brown (knee) CB Ambry Thomas (hand) WR Jauan Jennings (concussion)

Saturdays business:

* Activated WR Ray-Ray McCloud from IR * Placed TE Ross Dwelley on IR * Elevated S Tayler Hawkins and RB Jeremy McNichols from practice squad

Meaningless game for both teams who just want to come out healthy and ready for the playoffs. Maybe McVay prefers the Cowboys over the Lions but who knows? Go Niners!

No Purdy

 

According to Shanny, Brock Purdy will be the one other player hermetically sealed and ruled out of this game, along with CMC. Sounds like the rest of the starters are dialed in to play. Thoughts?