[OutsiderFan]

A very interesting result. Wilks threw the kitchen sink at the Jags. On consecutive series, they had Bosa and Young lined up in the A gaps pre-snap, and then Warner and Greenlaw in them. And then on another play, they had Bosa at LE and Young inside. They deployed a 5 DL front.  When they lined up the rushers in the A gaps, they forced the OL and RB to account for them as rushers, and created 1-1 pass rushing opportunities for Javon Hargrave in particular. And they moved Deommodore Lenoir to Nickel and started Ambry Thomas at RC. Lombardi posted that Lawrence averaged +.3 more seconds per release than his season average. All the different looks and coverage schemes combined to make Lawrence hesitate, and that allowed the pass rush to impact the game. But they also had to do a better job stopping the run, which they did, and gave them pass defense opportunities. I don't think Chase Young was needed to do a lot of the stuff that worked, and neither do I think having Wilks on the sideline was needed. But Young provides another guy who can win in one-on-one situations at a very hight rate, and Wilks seemed to enjoy it.

FHOF Brock Purdy was pretty damn impressive. Lombardi reported Purdy was pressured on over 50% of his drop backs, which is the highest in his career, and he also turned in the highest passer rating of his career at the same time. Not too shabby. Purdy now has a 9.5 YPA, which is +.8 more than second place Tua Tagavailoa. The Niners don't have Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle, and Raheem Mostert speed to create that many big plays, yet there Purdy is, leading the NFL in YPA. Purdy also is the highest rated passer in the NFL at 109.9, now leading Tagavailoa by +3.5. And as of now, Purdy is also leads the league in QBR, a point ahead of Josh Allen at 76.3. Purdy is really struggling in the completion percentage department though. He's just 7th in the NFL with 68.8%.

Gotta give Kyle Shanahan a lot of credit for getting his team to play so well after being so poor on many areas in the 3-game losing streak. The Niners have played three games against teams that had their attention with Trent Williams and Deebo Samuel playing; at Steelers, Cowboys, and at Jaguars. The Niners have outscored those teams 106-20, or or about 35-6 on average. 

What I don't understand is how not having Williams and Samuel also impacted the Defense given they play on Offense. Why is it the team plays the same way on both sides of the ball in seemingly every game? The D plays great, the O plays great. The O plays OK, the D plays OK. That's what I see from the Niners. You don't see the D rescuing the O when the O isn't playing well and you don't see the O rescue the D when the D isn't playing well. This is my concern for this team. When they play great, they are the most dominant team in the NFL, because the teams they have beaten by the largest margins have a combined record of 18-6 and they are #2 in point differential to the Ravens, just 4 from tops in the NFL.  But if they struggle early and fall behind by more than a TD, they are pretty much earmarked for losing because Shanahan's teams haven't shown an ability to come back when they fall behind. Obviously that can change, but ability to change things up and come back when down in a game is an area of demonstrated weakness.

[OutsiderFan]

A very interesting result. Wilks threw the kitchen sink at the Jags. On consecutive series, they had Bosa and Young lined up in the A gaps pre-snap, and then Warner and Greenlaw in them. And then on another play, they had Bosa at LE and Young inside. They deployed a 5 DL front.  When they lined up the rushers in the A gaps, they forced the OL and RB to account for them as rushers, and created 1-1 pass rushing opportunities for Javon Hargrave in particular. And they moved Deommodore Lenoir to Nickel and started Ambry Thomas at RC. Lombardi posted that Lawrence averaged +.3 more seconds per release than his season average. All the different looks and coverage schemes combined to make Lawrence hesitate, and that allowed the pass rush to impact the game. But they also had to do a better job stopping the run, which they did, and gave them pass defense opportunities. I don't think Chase Young was needed to do a lot of the stuff that worked, and neither do I think having Wilks on the sideline was needed. But Young provides another guy who can win in one-on-one situations at a very hight rate, and Wilks seemed to enjoy it.

FHOF Brock Purdy was pretty damn impressive. Lombardi reported Purdy was pressured on over 50% of his drop backs, which is the highest in his career, and he also turned in the highest passer rating of his career at the same time. Not too shabby. Purdy now has a 9.5 YPA, which is +.8 more than second place Tua Tagavailoa. The Niners don't have Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle, and Raheem Mostert speed to create that many big plays, yet there Purdy is, leading the NFL in YPA. Purdy also is the highest rated passer in the NFL at 109.9, now leading Tagavailoa by +3.5. And as of now, Purdy is also leads the league in QBR, a point ahead of Josh Allen at 76.3. Purdy is really struggling in the completion percentage department though. He's just 7th in the NFL with 68.8%.

Gotta give Kyle Shanahan a lot of credit for getting his team to play so well after being so poor on many areas in the 3-game losing streak. The Niners have played three games against teams that had their attention with Trent Williams and Deebo Samuel playing; at Steelers, Cowboys, and at Jaguars. The Niners have outscored those teams 106-20, or or about 35-6 on average. 

What I don't understand is how not having Williams and Samuel also impacted the Defense given they play on Offense. Why is it the team plays the same way on both sides of the ball in seemingly every game? The D plays great, the O plays great. The O plays OK, the D plays OK. That's what I see from the Niners. You don't see the D rescuing the O when the O isn't playing well and you don't see the O rescue the D when the D isn't playing well. This is my concern for this team. When they play great, they are the most dominant team in the NFL, because the teams they have beaten by the largest margins have a combined record of 18-6 and they are #2 in point differential to the Ravens, just 4 from tops in the NFL.  But if they struggle early and fall behind by more than a TD, they are pretty much earmarked for losing because Shanahan's teams haven't shown an ability to come back when they fall behind. Obviously that can change, but ability to change things up and come back when down in a game is an area of demonstrated weakness.