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https://theathletic.com/100674/2017/09/13/49ers-film-room-shanahans-scheme-created-opportunities-that-hoyer-and-the-offense-failed-to-cash-in/


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i can imagine the opportunities missed. I can't view the entire article but I'd guess I could recall the few...

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The good news for the team is that 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, as an offensive gameplanner and playcaller, is as good as advertised. The bad news is that he is far from Atlanta — Matt Ryan isn’t throwing bombs to Julio Jones for the 49ers.

The 23-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday was a very winnable game for the 49ers, but the players just couldn’t capitalize on the numerous opportunities that they had. They'll hope it was just a bad game and that they — and quarterback Brian Hoyer especially — can put it behind them. Hoyer missed on several opportunities created by scheme, but this is a team game and there is plenty of blame to go around.

I wrote before the game that the 49ers have to take advantage of the Panthers' lack of speed in their secondary with burner Marquise Goodwin. I thought that they should target left cornerback Daryl Worley (No. 26), who runs a 4.6 40-yard dash. However, the Panthers knew their team limitations and wisely played a lot of Cover 2, which allowed them to have a deep safety to help on Goodwin.

Shanahan still found a way to scheme up some opportunities for Goodwin and if the 49ers could have converted on those opportunities, the Panthers game could have looked totally different.

First missed opportunity
The 49ers set up with an empty backfield with running back Carlos Hyde out wide to the right of the formation. Linebacker Luke Kuechly followed him outside, which revealed that the defense is in man coverage. Goodwin was in the slot and is matched up with safety James Bradbury.


Shanahan might have borrowed this concept from their neighbors across the Bay. The Raiders have had a lot of success with running Amari Cooper on a fade from the slot position similarly to the route that Goodwin ran.


Even though Bradbury was playing eight yards off of Goodwin, Goodwin still got behind him. Even though the ball was slightly underthrown, it was a pass Goodwin should have caught. Scoring seven points in that early possession could have changed the game.

Second miss
On the second miss, the 49ers caught the Panthers in a cornerback blitz.


Bradbury actually followed Goodwin around for the game, but blitzes on this play and leaves Goodwin 1-on-1 with safety Kurt Coleman, whose speed is no match for Goodwin’s. Goodwin leaves him in the dust, but Hoyer floats the ball too far inside. The ball should have been in front of Goodwin towards the sideline. This play could have easily been another touchdown.

Third miss
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the 49ers once again had an opportunity to score and couldn’t capitalize. The offense drove the ball all the way into the red zone but turned it over on downs.


On first and goal, the 49ers ran a boot concept to the right. Hoyer’s first few progressions were covered. Goodwin ran an over route from across the formation and was Hoyer’s final read. He was wide open and Hoyer finally found him but with no pressure in his face, he threw the ball too high out of the back of the end zone and missed Goodwin completely. It’s hard to win games when you are missing opportunities like this.

Fourth miss
Wonder why Shanahan went empty on fourth and goal?

The interior of the offensive line was playing terrible and struggled to get movement on Carolina’s massive interior defensive line. So Shanahan thought he would have a better chance by trying to win a numbers game to the outside.


The offense was in an empty quads bunch formation (four receiver to one side). It seemed that Hoyer had a few options on the play.

If he liked the numbers advantage to the quads side, he would throw the bubble screen to Hyde.
If the defense had a soft box, he could motion Hyde back in and run the ball (the offensive line actually run blocks).
He could throw the slant to Goodwin on the left if he had a true 1-on-1.
With two defensive backs up on the line and one deep, the offense had a numbers advantage to the right side. Hoyer made the right decision by throwing to Hyde, but he threw the ball so low Hyde had to lean forward to reach down to get the ball. Hyde's momentum took him right into a defender instead of allowing him to get outside where the opening is. Tight end George Kittle probably was assigned to block the free safety, but should have blocked Kuechly when he moved outside of the box. Instead Kittle ended up blocking nobody. This is just another example of how not being able to execute prevented the 49ers from potentially winning this game.

The deep misses are more forgivable because arm talent isn’t one of Hoyer’s strengths, but there were other examples of Hoyer missing open passes in the intermediate and short areas of the field which is supposed to be his strength. The 49ers offense isn’t expected to light the scoreboard up but they have to help out their defense and capitalize on the opportunities that are there. Again, the good news for them is that they are able to create these opportunities; the next step is to hit them with some consistency.





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http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/189262-coaches-film-analysis-panthers-week/

A thread on webzone that's also pretty informative that posters do after every game.

Looks like both teams had solid schemes but just talent and execution was the difference.

For me I want to see how the team looks more towards the end of the year once everyone is more comfortable in the scheme rather than panic about the first couple of weeks.