SF vs. GB game notes

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49ers.com | Frank Gore Up for Week 1 FedEx Award

 

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Scout.com: 49ers report card: Grading the Packers game

 

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49ers defensive player-by-player review vs. Packers

 

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95.7 The GAME - The Bay Area's New Sound for Sports - Matt Maiocco Broke Down Why Alex Smith Had A Better Game Than Aaron Rodgers

 

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https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/09/11/refo-49ers-packers-week-1/

But the star of the day was right guard Alex Boone who combined strong run blocking (+2.6) with a perfect day in pass protection (+1.4). Boone was the lead man pulling outside on two big runs by running back Frank Gore and he was one of the main reasons Gore averaged 11.4 yards on runs off the right end.

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While the San Francisco cornerbacks did a decent job of limiting the Packers passing game, the safety play was inconsistent. Donte Whitner (-1.9) and Dashon Goldson (-1.4) combined to miss five tackles, all of which came against the pass. Each of them also surrendered a touchdown.

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Perry struggled in all aspects of the game, as his run defense (-2.4), pass rushing (-2.5) and pass coverage (-1.9) were all subpar. The coverage grade is expected given the transition Perry is facing, though the 49ers did a great job of exploiting the mismatch when they found it. He was left alone to cover WR Michael Crabtree on one occasion which QB Alex Smith turned into an easy first down. Later in the game Perry carried the running back up the field on a wheel route, which would have been fine had the defense been in man coverage. The vacated zone made for another easy conversion.

But as mentioned, the coverage lapses are expected. It’s the lack of a pass rush and poor run support that needs to improve. Perry was shut out on 25 pass rush attempts and he was the often the man getting sealed as Gore ran past his edge into the secondary.

 

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Joe Staley is the most criticized player on this board. If only people here hold everyone else on the team on the same standard that they do for Staley.

I'm sorry that honor would have to go to Crabtree (1st place in that category), then Dixon, then Alex Smith, and then comes Staley and Anthony Davis

 

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49ers Blog and Q&A: Davis' dunk gets an F ... but his TD deserves an A

For the record, Davis said he hurt his foot during training camp and tweaked it again on the touchdown catch. When he went up for the dunk, Davis said, he felt a twinge "and it distracted me from getting the ball over."

 

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San Francisco 49ers – Niner Insider Blog – SFGate.com Go deep? Prepare to dink and dunk vs. 49ers

 

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49ers offensive player-by-player review vs. Packers

 

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Rodgers says officials for 49ers-Packers “deserved the scrutiny” | ProFootballTalk

 

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49ers.com | David Akers Discusses Historic FG

 

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49ers Blog and Q&A: Davis' dunk gets an F ... but his TD deserves an A

For the record, Davis said he hurt his foot during training camp and tweaked it again on the touchdown catch. When he went up for the dunk, Davis said, he felt a twinge "and it distracted me from getting the ball over."

All the more reason to just roll back and do some hi 5's on the sideline with your teammates.

 

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All the more reason to just roll back and do some hi 5's on the sideline with your teammates.

So true!

 

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Rodgers says officials for 49ers-Packers “deserved the scrutiny” | ProFootballTalk

Pretty bold admittance by Rodgers - Big respect for Aaron on this:

"That being said, there were just some bizarre calls on both sides. Anybody who watches the TV copy, I mean I saw it from the sidelines, but we scored a touchdown on a legit block in the back. I don’t know what happened on that. It has to hopefully get better."

 

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I highlighted one of the only negative portions of this. There is alot more in the link.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Word of Muth: 49ers Down the Packers

Joe Staley had the toughest assignment of the day as he was matched up mostly against Clay Matthews. Staley, like all his teammates, did well in the running game. But he did struggle in protection when left one-on-one with the Pro Bowler, giving up a couple of sacks and some pressures as well. His biggest issue was his inability to use his hands to punch Matthews and take him off his rush path.

The problem is that he tends to let his hands drop in his set against wide rushers. So, when it comes time to punch, his hands have too far to go, and the pass rusher is into his chest. Let’s go to the tape (well, screen grabs of the tape) and take a look at this for ourselves.

 

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San Francisco 49ers' offensive creativity cannot be overlooked - NFL.com

 

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Bowman describes Takeaway Thursdays, and more - Inside the 49ers

 

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I highlighted one of the only negative portions of this. There is alot more in the link.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Word of Muth: 49ers Down the Packers

Joe Staley had the toughest assignment of the day as he was matched up mostly against Clay Matthews. Staley, like all his teammates, did well in the running game. But he did struggle in protection when left one-on-one with the Pro Bowler, giving up a couple of sacks and some pressures as well. His biggest issue was his inability to use his hands to punch Matthews and take him off his rush path.

The problem is that he tends to let his hands drop in his set against wide rushers. So, when it comes time to punch, his hands have too far to go, and the pass rusher is into his chest. Let’s go to the tape (well, screen grabs of the tape) and take a look at this for ourselves.

Nice article and nice use of the gameshots.

 

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When ball left his foot, David Akers thought he’d missed record kick | ProFootballTalk

 

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San Francisco 49ers – Niner Insider Blog – SFGate.com Carlos Rogers dominant against Greg Jennings and other observations