A Bad strategy, or maybe not?

[nathanlt]

What if Micah spied Christian McCaffrey the entire game?
The benefit of Micah as a game-wrecking pass rusher would be nullified, but McCaffrey would be erased with a 240 lb player with CB speed.

Is that something you would do as defensive coordinator? Or does Dallas give away their pass-rush advantage with this approach?

Maybe this becomes the halftime adjustment if necessary.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don't mind the idea of a spy on CMC. But I'd give that responsibility to a safety not Micah.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

What if Micah spied Christian McCaffrey the entire game?
The benefit of Micah as a game-wrecking pass rusher would be nullified, but McCaffrey would be erased with a 240 lb player with CB speed.

Is that something you would do as defensive coordinator? Or does Dallas give away their pass-rush advantage with this approach?

Maybe this becomes the halftime adjustment if necessary.

my opinion, our strength is our speed so we have to force their offense to deal with that. getting strong up the middle and limiting power runs and forcing Mccaffrey to run outside and then its up to the speedy LB to limit him and neutralize him. this requires extreme discipline from DE to stay in their lanes, which in the past couple of years we have had issues with. if we can stop the runs up the middle, force them out and be disciplined. then run defense should be ok. this was exactly what we didn't do against AZ.

so how does SF counter that? with a lot of misdirection plays. they have done that in the past with Deebo and McCaffrey so again, its about defensive discipline. if our pass rush suffers as a result, then so be it. you can't allow them to dominate run game or else nothing else matters.

 

[KJJ]

What if Micah spied Christian McCaffrey the entire game?
The benefit of Micah as a game-wrecking pass rusher would be nullified, but McCaffrey would be erased with a 240 lb player with CB speed.

Is that something you would do as defensive coordinator? Or does Dallas give away their pass-rush advantage with this approach?

Maybe this becomes the halftime adjustment if necessary.

One of the ways teams have neutralized Parsons is by running at him. Having your best pass rusher spying on an RB isn’t the way to go. Everyone on the defense has to be focused on stopping the run. Stopping the run hasn’t been the only issue. The Cowboys have been hurt with pass plays down the field with receivers wide-open.

 

[Creeper]

I think I'd rather have Micah harassing Purdy. Let someone else keep an eye on CMC. Besides, they still have Kittle, Aiyuk and Deebo. They need a team effort on defense this week.

 

[Tabascocat]

Nope, Purdy can’t get comfortable back there. Defense just needs to seal the edges, stay in their lanes and plug up the gaps. They still have Deebo and Kittle to worry about. Sunday night will all be about limiting SF’s YAC and minimizing big plays.

On offense, Dallas needs better redzone efficiency and no turnovers. They need to win the TOP by quite a bit, long scoring drives that end in TD’s while keeping their offense off the field.

It’s a tall order but doable if they show up to play.

 

[Captain-Crash]

like a box and one on a basketball court. shrugs

 

[RS12]

If ther didnt have Deebo, Aiyuk and Kittle it would be a decent strategy. Game breakers to worry about all over the place.

 

[CowboyRoy]

What if Micah spied Christian McCaffrey the entire game?
The benefit of Micah as a game-wrecking pass rusher would be nullified, but McCaffrey would be erased with a 240 lb player with CB speed.

Is that something you would do as defensive coordinator? Or does Dallas give away their pass-rush advantage with this approach?

Maybe this becomes the halftime adjustment if necessary.

Spy the rb?

Half the defense does that at the snap. Then there is always a player assigned to the back in case he goes out on pass plays.

 

[Cowboyny]

The Cowboys used Lewis with great success against Alvin Kamara and the Saints a few years back. I would use a similar strategy.

 

[Proof]

I don't mind the idea of a spy on CMC. But I'd give that responsibility to a safety not Micah.

or jordan lewis like he did with kamara

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

This a) doesn't work and b) would be a waste of your best player's best talents.

The 49ers would gladly split CMC out wide and take Micah out of the box. They make that trade every time.

 

[visionary]

The way to stop the niners is for our defensive players to understand that this game is not about the stats, it is about the dirty work

Discipline
Gap control
Sure tackling
Playing a real DE on the weakside and not Parsons and Parsons plays roving LB

If we are stupid enough to play Parsons at DE then they will run right at him

 

[Praxit]

..he's not that good to be spied on Micah. Like others said, let safety do it.

I would bring same plan they brought to NE. With exception of Xtra attention to backfield movement.

 

[Runwildboys]

The only thing I want Micah to do differently in this game is to not run too deep into the backfield. Don't give them running room.

 

[ghst187]

I don't mind the idea of a spy on CMC. But I'd give that responsibility to a safety not Micah.

Would’ve been Overshown…maybe Kearse or Wilson now…?

 

[Jake]

What if Micah spied Christian McCaffrey the entire game?
The benefit of Micah as a game-wrecking pass rusher would be nullified, but McCaffrey would be erased with a 240 lb player with CB speed.

I think the 49ers would love the Cowboys using Micah to spy CMC.

 

[CATCH17]

I don't mind the idea of a spy on CMC. But I'd give that responsibility to a safety not Micah.

Donovan Wilson or Kearse.

 

[Surfguy]

Here's the strategy. Somebody needs to show up pre-game at the stadium with Micah's Trans Am all beat to hell and say the 49ers did it. Let Micah inspect it before the game.

 

[HungryLion]

Jourdan Lewis is good at covering receiving backs.