49ers brace themselves for Saints' blitz

Mardigras9 · 01-11-2012, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by mike27

I guess it's a little less obvious, the benefit of the blitz this year, than it has been in 2009. Clearly there were a lot of interceptions that year, but this year not so much. But there are still the intangibles, the solid sack of the quarterback, to make him start to be a little jumpy in the pocket, and inaccurate passes, hurried passes, that sort of thing.

I trust Williams to get the right balance.

I hope so. GW has seemed to be a little more balanced lately. His scheme against the Lions was well balanced, he has to be careful in San Fran whne the point totals will be less.

SaintsBro · 01-11-2012, 09:44 PM

If the Saints D starts to shut down Gore the way they successfully held Brandon Jacobs, Michael Turner twice, Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, and Cam Newton this year to well under 100 yards, THEN we start to bring the blitz. Get Smith into an uncomfortable down/distance situation, just to keep a drive going, then make him do it over and over again to get the team down the field, I'm quite good with seeing what his QB rating looks like then.

Realistically I think a lot of the sacks the 49ers suffered against Dallas and Baltimore were not because uh, "players barely knew the playbook in week 2" (if that's the case, then what the heck kind of coach is Harbaugh, anyway?) but I think it's maybe because Dallas and Baltimore are actually...maybe... kind of good teams? You 49ers fans need to get out more, there has been a lot of stuff happening around the league that you guys may have been missing out on.

SaintPauly · 01-11-2012, 09:53 PM

I'm thinking we need a complete coming out party from our D-line... You pressure Smith, he makes mistakes.... Has been is m.o. since he got into the league...... We get pressure, we win the game.... We don't? It could be a long day.....

01-11-2012, 02:16 PM	#1
Mardigras9 Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Land Mass between LA and AL Posts: 4,375	Originally Posted by mike27 I guess it's a little less obvious, the benefit of the blitz this year, than it has been in 2009. Clearly there were a lot of interceptions that year, but this year not so much. But there are still the intangibles, the solid sack of the quarterback, to make him start to be a little jumpy in the pocket, and inaccurate passes, hurried passes, that sort of thing. I trust Williams to get the right balance. I hope so. GW has seemed to be a little more balanced lately. His scheme against the Lions was well balanced, he has to be careful in San Fran whne the point totals will be less.

01-11-2012, 09:44 PM	#2
SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	If the Saints D starts to shut down Gore the way they successfully held Brandon Jacobs, Michael Turner twice, Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, and Cam Newton this year to well under 100 yards, THEN we start to bring the blitz. Get Smith into an uncomfortable down/distance situation, just to keep a drive going, then make him do it over and over again to get the team down the field, I'm quite good with seeing what his QB rating looks like then. Realistically I think a lot of the sacks the 49ers suffered against Dallas and Baltimore were not because uh, "players barely knew the playbook in week 2" (if that's the case, then what the heck kind of coach is Harbaugh, anyway?) but I think it's maybe because Dallas and Baltimore are actually...maybe... kind of good teams? You 49ers fans need to get out more, there has been a lot of stuff happening around the league that you guys may have been missing out on.

01-11-2012, 09:53 PM	#3
SaintPauly Senior Citizen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 1	I'm thinking we need a complete coming out party from our D-line... You pressure Smith, he makes mistakes.... Has been is m.o. since he got into the league...... We get pressure, we win the game.... We don't? It could be a long day.....