The 49ers’ favorite 4-strong (four receivers to one side) concept is a snag concept with a lead blocker for the swing route. They added some window dressing by moving their pieces around. Christian McCaffrey ran the spot route and Deebo Samuel ran the swing route.
The tweak that fooled the Eagles a couple of times in this game was having Brandon Aiyuk run a speed out to the weak side. Aiyuk usually runs a slant on this concept.
The Eagles were concerned with the 49ers’ run game, so they were in their “tite” front with five on the line of scrimmage and ended up rushing both outside linebackers. With five rushing, the Eagles had only three underneath defenders and they were all condensed inside, leaving space for Aiyuk outside. Being able to hit these outbreaking routes consistently is an element that this offense lacked when Jimmy Garoppolo was the quarterback. Defenses now have to defend every blade of grass.”
They’re going to get some guys back who were not healthy the last time around,” said Warner, referring mostly to Seattle running back Kenneth Walker.
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