NFC Championship game notes

[ChrisPozz]

Walker blames drops on lack of concentration | CSN Bay Area

"I even brought A.J. with me because he's going to be a key factor, in this game, he could be," Walker said. "That's what we need. We need guys to make plays. I consider myself one of the playmakers."

 

[ChrisPozz]

Falcons 'love hearing' they can't stop Colin Kaepernick - NFL.com

 

[ChrisPozz]

San Francisco 49ers: Jim Harbaugh 'real happy' with team's NFC Championship preparation - San Jose Mercury News

Harbaugh said he will spend part of his time on the long flight doing more prep work. Interestingly, the 49ers will not conduct a walk-through Saturday at the Georgia Dome, Harbaugh said.

Perhaps he doesn't feel the need after seeing how well his players practiced and prepared the past five days

 

[ChrisPozz]

Eric Branch:

Falcons honorary game captains: Steve Bartowski, Warrick Dunn, Tommy Nobis, Jeff Van Note and Jessie Tuggle. #49ers

 

[ChrisPozz]

Coach's Notebook: Jan. 18

What do you tell them on Sunday morning? How is that speech different from any other speech?

“I don’t give speeches. I give information. I’m not a speech giver.”

I'm into that!

Do you count him in the Jim Harbaugh coaching tree?

“Well, the first and best is [49ers offensive coordinator] Greg Roman. The job that Greg has done this year I think is really in so many ways been just one of the best I’ve ever seen. And we’ll talk more about that later. We’ve got a job to do right now. But, he’s the shining star in my book.”

I like how he attacked that one, too.

 

[tomikcon1971]

48 hours from now I'll either be really happy or very disappointed. But right now I'm excited and wishing the game was about to kick off.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Homecoming trip to Georgia for two 49ers | CSN Bay Area

 

[kaz1220]

this will be a great game, a battle of strength vs. strength. ATL has one of the best offensive attacks in the NFC and SF has one of the best defenses in the game. Lately, the SF defense has been less than stellar and the ATL offense looked sluggish in the 2nd half of the divisional match up vs. Seattle. I think Kaepernick will have a good game, but will not dominate ATL like he did against the lack luster GB def. The deciding factor for me is whether or not SF's defense can slow down Matt Ryan, who has the best receiving core in the NFL.

 

[h0ckeysk83r]

Walker blames drops on lack of concentration | CSN Bay Area

"I even brought A.J. with me because he's going to be a key factor, in this game, he could be," Walker said. "That's what we need. We need guys to make plays. I consider myself one of the playmakers."

Glad to see he brough AJ with him.

Everything im hearing is great this week sounds like a lot of work being done. Like many of the players were saying how they were all excited to be here last yr after a big saints win. Same time this yr and it is just all business.

 

[ChrisPozz]

I've read and heard alot about Atlanta's tackling ability on defense or a lack of it might be the better way to put it. Not the best way to look at it but here are their missed tackle numbers (source: PFF) compared to San Francisco's this season. The number in parantheses is the number of total snaps they played).

Thomas DeCoud (1,108 snaps) - 21
Asante Samuel (892) - 21
Sean Weatherspoon (914) - 15
Dunta Robinson (1,015) - 13
Stephen Nicholas (951) - 11
William Moore (842) - 11
Jonathan Babineaux (908) - 8
Robert McClain (655) - 8
Kroy Biermann (750) - 7
Akeem Dent (530) - 5
Chris Hope (268) - 5
John Abraham (762) - 4
Mike Peterson (120) - 4
Dominique Franks (208) - 2
Peria Jerry (531) - 1
Corey Peters (480) - 1
Travian Robertson (47) - 1
Chris Owens (176) - 1
Brent Grimes (52) - 1
Vance Walker (566) - 0
Ray Edwards (212) - 0
Cliff Matthews (128) - 0
Jonathan Massaquoi (41) - 0
Lawrence Sidbury (31) - 0
Robert James (7) - 0
Julio Jones (3) - 0
Charles Mitchell (2) - 0

Missed Tackles - 140

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Donte Whitner (1,119 snaps) - 13
Dashon Goldson (1,109) - 13
NaVorro Bowman (1,079) - 10
Ahmad Brooks (1,053) - 6
Patrick Willis (1,057) - 5
Chris Culliver (740) - 4
Carlos Rogers (1,120) - 3
Aldon Smith (1,085) - 3
Perrish Cox (187) - 3
Justin Smith (895) - 2
Isaac Sopoaga (338) - 2
Tarell Brown (1,115) - 1
Ray McDonald (1,037) - 1
Ricky Jean-Francois (300) - 1
Tramaine Brock (30) - 1
Larry Grant (21) - 1
Eric Bakhtiari (19) - 1
Will Tukuafu (45) - 0
Clark Haggans (45) - 0
DeMarcus Dobbs (44) - 0
Darcel McBath (36) - 0
Ian Williams (32) - 0
C.J. Spillman (28) - 0
Cam Johnson (11) - 0
Tony Jerod-Eddie (10) - 0
Michael Wilhoite (10) - 0
Tavares Gooden (8) - 0

Missed Tackles - 70

Exactly 1/2 the number of missed tackles for the 49ers defense. Again, not the most detailed or accurate way of looking at determining the most tackle-sound teams, but I wanted to see the difference in the two numbers between the two defenses.

 

[ChrisPozz]

One thing I forgot to add. Since 2008, they have Willis with only 24 missed tackles.

2012 - 5
2011 - 2
2010 - 8 (3 in week 16)
2009 - 4
2008 - 5

Pretty dang good.

 

[tomikcon1971]

I'd be curious to see it from a percentage if snaps basis but know way I'm adding that up right now. I'm fried.

 

[ChrisPozz]

I've read and heard alot about Atlanta's tackling ability on defense or a lack of it might be the better way to put it. Not the best way to look at it but here are their missed tackle numbers (source: PFF) compared to San Francisco's this season. The number in parantheses is the number of total snaps they played).

Thomas DeCoud (1,108 snaps) - 21
Asante Samuel (892) - 21
Sean Weatherspoon (914) - 15
Dunta Robinson (1,015) - 13
Stephen Nicholas (951) - 11
William Moore (842) - 11
Jonathan Babineaux (908) - 8
Robert McClain (655) - 8
Kroy Biermann (750) - 7
Akeem Dent (530) - 5
Chris Hope (268) - 5
John Abraham (762) - 4
Mike Peterson (120) - 4
Dominique Franks (208) - 2
Peria Jerry (531) - 1
Corey Peters (480) - 1
Travian Robertson (47) - 1
Chris Owens (176) - 1
Brent Grimes (52) - 1
Vance Walker (566) - 0
Ray Edwards (212) - 0
Cliff Matthews (128) - 0
Jonathan Massaquoi (41) - 0
Lawrence Sidbury (31) - 0
Robert James (7) - 0
Julio Jones (3) - 0
Charles Mitchell (2) - 0

Missed Tackles - 140

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Donte Whitner (1,119 snaps) - 13
Dashon Goldson (1,109) - 13
NaVorro Bowman (1,079) - 10
Ahmad Brooks (1,053) - 6
Patrick Willis (1,057) - 5
Chris Culliver (740) - 4
Carlos Rogers (1,120) - 3
Aldon Smith (1,085) - 3
Perrish Cox (187) - 3
Justin Smith (895) - 2
Isaac Sopoaga (338) - 2
Tarell Brown (1,115) - 1
Ray McDonald (1,037) - 1
Ricky Jean-Francois (300) - 1
Tramaine Brock (30) - 1
Larry Grant (21) - 1
Eric Bakhtiari (19) - 1
Will Tukuafu (45) - 0
Clark Haggans (45) - 0
DeMarcus Dobbs (44) - 0
Darcel McBath (36) - 0
Ian Williams (32) - 0
C.J. Spillman (28) - 0
Cam Johnson (11) - 0
Tony Jerod-Eddie (10) - 0
Michael Wilhoite (10) - 0
Tavares Gooden (8) - 0

Missed Tackles - 70

Exactly 1/2 the number of missed tackles for the 49ers defense. Again, not the most detailed or accurate way of looking at determining the most tackle-sound teams, but I wanted to see the difference in the two numbers between the two defenses.

Total defensive snaps

Atlanta - 1,109 (65.2/game)
San Francisco - 1,143 (67.2/game)

 

[MHSL82]

Falcons 'love hearing' they can't stop Colin Kaepernick - NFL.com

They like predictions? I hope they like that in past tense, too.

 

[h0ckeysk83r]

Gatorchip like this

 

[ChrisPozz]

Press Pass: Colin Kaepernick

 

[tomikcon1971]

Total defensive snaps

Atlanta - 1,109 (65.2/game)
San Francisco - 1,143 (67.2/game)

So using this,

ATL had missed tackles on 12.6% of their snaps
SFO had missed tackles on 6.12% of their snaps

What we can't account for is multiple missed tackles on the same play...

Thanks for the data Pozz. I like seeing it on a percentage basis.

 

[h0ckeysk83r]

24 HOURS LEFT!

 

[wartyOne]

Can't get here soon enough. Tired of all the talk. Time to play.

 

[Cut My Red I Bleed Gold]

I'm right there with you Warty...already so amped up its gonna be hard to sleep...unless I get a few whiskeys under my belt...which is exactly what is going to happen.