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Monday, August 24, 2015 11:58 PM CDT
Bryan Broaddus
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6. As critical as we all have been of Darrion Weems and his quest to line up as this club's swing tackle, his work against the 49ers was an improvement over what we saw from the Chargers game. The tape showed that Weems was much better with his overall technique -- especially in the passing game. His only real issue was a twist stunt that he and La'el Collins didn't handle well, which resulted in a sack. He is not going to be a power player in his pass sets, but he was able to keep his man along the line of scrimmage at times or ride him past the quarterback when necessary.
8. It's a shame that as hard as this team works on special teams, they gave up 105 total yards in punt return yardage -- but I have an idea why. Of the four returns that the 49ers had, I counted seven missed tackles by defenders that were in position to make a play but were unable to finish.
9. I was asking in my post game observations to see more of Geoff Swaim as a blocker, and on the tape, I was able to get a better understanding of what he can do. Swaim is not the type of player that is going to get big time movement or push at the point of attack -- instead he is going to get in the way by shielding and moving his feet to stay in position. He is always working to tie up his man, which allows the ball to work around him. He will also use this type of technique on special teams when he is asked to block -- which he was able to do on the kickoff return with some success.
10. It was good to see Ryan Russell have the type of game that he did -- both from the under-tackle and end spots. As active as he was, what was most impressive about him was that with the large numbers of snaps that he played in the game, he didn't wear down and become sloppy with his technique. As a matter of fact, there were times on the tape where he appeared to play stronger and faster as the game progressed. In my mind he has gone from a player that was potentially on the bubble to a player on the 53-man roster. There is some value to him as a rotational player from what I have seen.
11. I continue to watch the progress of Davon Coleman along this defensive line with the hope that he can put everything together and be the type of player I know he can be. Ken Bishop got the start ahead of him this week, but when Coleman got his opportunity, he was ready to go. He was a force in the middle, holding the point of attack against the run -- but also getting push up the middle in the passing game. Where Coleman also impressed me was in his ability to play down the line and stay square to make the play. He also traveled well outside the tackle box to run down ball carriers in the flat to make plays. We have seen this from him before only to be disappointed in the end, but to this point it appears that Coleman is taking his job more seriously.
