[lex24]

Sigh.  This is the board (bored?) equivalent of beating your head against a brick wall.  Ain’t gonna happen. So why bother.  

But, I’m a sucker. So....  I’d LOVE. Shaw to bring over someone from the Niners to do the Joe Brady thing. But that ain’t gonna happen either.

As for Walters, no way.  He’s run offenses that are diametrically opposite of what Stanford does and frankly in my opinion should do. (I still believe that a power running game foundation is the best way for STANFORD to win.  Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to run since ‘17. And ‘17 was based on the brilliance of Love. Give me a high functioning offensive line. Please.). 

Frost was being hailed after about three weeks of the season as the next coming. Nebraska was on the rise again. Then they collapsed and Walters takes the fall I guess.

In this day and age, do you think a solid running game will win you a championship?

Oh wait, I guess it still works in the NFL.

8 passes.  Amazing. 

To respond - no.  Not in and of itself. Add an efficient passing game and a good defense, then yes.  It won three for Stanford.  

 I think people  wrongly feel that if you have lead with a power running game you employ no creativity, have no decent passing game etc. That simply isn’t the case. Shanahan, of course, is the top example of that right now. They do a lot of different things in that running game.  And Garrapolo is generally efficient. He has two main issues - he throws too many int’s and he holds onto the ball too long at times. 

Interesting stat on Niners passing game.   They have the shortest average length of throw in the league. They also have the highest yards after catch in the league. Which to me means that Garoppolo is very accurate within the short passing game and that Shanahan is very good at creating, finding  and exploiting mismatches. It also helps, of course, that Kittle and Samuels are fantastic runners.

[lex24]

Sigh.  This is the board (bored?) equivalent of beating your head against a brick wall.  Ain’t gonna happen. So why bother.  

But, I’m a sucker. So....  I’d LOVE. Shaw to bring over someone from the Niners to do the Joe Brady thing. But that ain’t gonna happen either.

As for Walters, no way.  He’s run offenses that are diametrically opposite of what Stanford does and frankly in my opinion should do. (I still believe that a power running game foundation is the best way for STANFORD to win.  Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to run since ‘17. And ‘17 was based on the brilliance of Love. Give me a high functioning offensive line. Please.). 

Frost was being hailed after about three weeks of the season as the next coming. Nebraska was on the rise again. Then they collapsed and Walters takes the fall I guess.

In this day and age, do you think a solid running game will win you a championship?

Oh wait, I guess it still works in the NFL.

8 passes.  Amazing. 

To respond - no.  Not in and of itself. Add an efficient passing game and a good defense, then yes.  It won three for Stanford.  

 I think people  wrongly feel that if you have lead with a power running game you employ no creativity, have no decent passing game etc. That simply isn’t the case. Shanahan, of course, is the top example of that right now. They do a lot of different things in that running game.  And Garrapolo is generally efficient. He has two main issues - he throws too many int’s and he holds onto the ball too long at times. 

Interesting stat on Niners passing game.   They have the shortest average length of throw in the league. They also have the highest yards after catch in the league. Which to me means that Garoppolo is very accurate within the short passing game and that Shanahan is very good at creating, finding  and exploiting mismatches. It also helps, of course, that Kittle and Samuels are fantastic runners.