Iupati vs Ngata

[maniax]

Super excited about this trench battle.

Who will win? Will Gore / James be able to run off left guard up the middle?

Crazy good matchup!

 

[deep9er]

having the ZR threat should help a little bit inside? over the course of the game, i'd have to think Iupati will win out.

for runs inside, think it'll come down to Goodwin?

 

[Heathbar012]

Super excited about this trench battle.

Who will win? Will Gore / James be able to run off left guard up the middle?

Crazy good matchup!

I'm excited about this match-up, too, but, as deep alluded to, it is more like Goodwin/Iupati v. Ngata and Goodwin/Boone v. Ngata. Teams are rarely successful in a one-on-one battle with Haloti.

 

[-AC-]

Super excited about this trench battle.

Who will win? Will Gore / James be able to run off left guard up the middle?

Crazy good matchup!

Reminds me of Kevin Gogan vs Gilbert Brown...

 

[NinerSickness]

Won't Ngata be lining up mostly at LDE?

 

[I_am_1z]

Iupati was very underwhelming against the Falcons, PFF speculated that he could have a possible injury.

 

[bvanthielriceyoung]

Iupati was very underwhelming against the Falcons, PFF speculated that he could have a possible injury.

Well, he did appear to have a knee injury of some sort. He was seen limping.

 

[Bemular]

Well, he did appear to have a knee injury of some sort. He was seen limping.

Not good - Time to suck it up Mikey...

 

[supreme_clientele81]

Reminds me of Kevin Gogan vs Gilbert Brown...

What a nasty battle that used to be! Just filthy and I loved it!

 

[EKmane]

Iupati was very underwhelming against the Falcons, PFF speculated that he could have a possible injury.

Why do you have Banks as your 1st round pick to the Niners? He doesn't even play 49er style of cb. We need cb's that can play man, he wasn't even called onto playing man for his college team, let alone in the NFL.

Rhodes, Poyer, Trufant, maybe Amerson, those are 49er style cb's.

 

[Bemular]

Won't Ngata be lining up mostly at LDE?

I had this info avail so I thought I would post it in response to this question.

If he is used the same way against us as he was used against the Patriots then no. He lined up at LDE 40%; NT 15%; and RDE 45% vs. the Patriots.

He engaged the RT 7.1%; RG 28.2%; C 20.0%; LG 37.6%; LT 5.9% and dropped into coverage 1.2%. (once)

He played zero to three tech on either side of the center on nearly all of his snaps; moving out to the 5-6 tech on only a couple plays. He played 84% of the plays.

 

[Jikkle]

Iupati was very underwhelming against the Falcons, PFF speculated that he could have a possible injury.

Possibly but with 2 weeks off the injury shouldn't be much of a factor and he hasn't been on the injury report or limited in practice.

With that extra week of rest I expect the entire line to be strong but on the flip side the Ravens D line got much needed rest as well.

 

[dredinis21]

I had this info avail so I thought I would post it in response to this question.

If he is used the same way against us as he was used against the Patriots then no. He lined up at LDE 40%; NT 15%; and RDE 45% vs. the Patriots.

He engaged the RT 7.1%; RG 28.2%; C 20.0%; LG 37.6%; LT 5.9% and dropped into coverage 1.2%. (once)

He played zero to three tech on either side of the center on nearly all of his snaps; moving out to the 5-6 tech on only a couple plays. He played 84% of the plays.

Great post!

 

[Bemular]

Great post!

Thanks! Glad you found the info useful. It looks like Iupati and Goodwin will see the lions share of the snaps but each of our middle-three are going to see enough of Haloti Ngata this Sunday.

 

[imac_21]

I had this info avail so I thought I would post it in response to this question.

If he is used the same way against us as he was used against the Patriots then no. He lined up at LDE 40%; NT 15%; and RDE 45% vs. the Patriots.

He engaged the RT 7.1%; RG 28.2%; C 20.0%; LG 37.6%; LT 5.9% and dropped into coverage 1.2%. (once)

He played zero to three tech on either side of the center on nearly all of his snaps; moving out to the 5-6 tech on only a couple plays. He played 84% of the plays.

This is all second and third hand information, but from what I've read in a lot of the previews Ngata plays strong side DE. Assuming that's true, the stats above tell me that New England was very balanced in which side of the formation was strong more than anything else.

 

[RobertPhD01]

The big matchup in the trenches$#$ Go 49ers!!

 

[Bemular]

This is all second and third hand information, but from what I've read in a lot of the previews Ngata plays strong side DE. Assuming that's true, the stats above tell me that New England was very balanced in which side of the formation was strong more than anything else.

Sounds plausible for why you would move a DE up and down the line but, Ngata attacked the weak side about as much as he did the strong side against NE. Of course, 1/2 of the plays NE ran while Ngata was on the field were with zero or two-TE balanced lines.

One thing worth mentioning is that, although Ngata moved from side to side he rarely went beyond the the outside shoulder of the guard vs. NE; and, he wasn't doubled nearly as much as I would have thought. Honestly, I think both Iupati & Boone can handle the Ngata that showed up vs. the Patriots with relative ease.