Bosa, reflecting on the game's outcome, suggested that their approach could serve as a valuable template for other teams, particularly highlighting the Dallas Cowboys as potential beneficiaries. "You see it on tape. We put the blueprint out there.
Hopefully, the Cowboys watch the tape," he remarked. The 49ers' strategy revolved around confining Hurts within the pocket and limiting his escapes through the B-gaps, a maneuver that significantly impacted the game's dynamics.
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The B gap stuff is very key. Jalen loves to escape there and get 1st downs.
Taking that away will make him very uncomfortable.
Dallas needs to be to be very disciplined in their pass rush as opposed to beating the guy in front of them by any means.
I posted early this week that Dallas got a huge advantage seeing what SF did and the Eagles have only 6 days to clean that stuff up.
It "should" be a factor here. Line is up to 3.5 points now.
This is exactly right , the pass rush staying disciplined and not letting Hurts scramble through the be gap is key. It is
the key. You do have to hold the edge and not let him get outside too, but he loves running straight upfield.
I’ve said since last season that the key to the whole Philly team is Hurts running. I knew defenses would study the film all off season and make things more difficult on Hurts and Philly.
When you let him run straight up through the B gap, he gets first down after first down. Last year, teams were struggling to keep him in the pocket and he converted about a million first down running. This made the passing windows wide *** open and the fact that Hurts’ accuracy is pretty bad didn’t matter.
Philly had crazy time of possession because they made a first down most of the time when they needed it… and this allowed their defense to stay fresh and play with a lead. Hurts was the engine that drove them last year.
Contain him and play good coverage and you have pretty much taken away everything that made them good.
Dallas absolutely needs to follow that blueprint. It is why Philly just isn’t the same this year, and as it becomes more evident that you have to limit Hurts running, they’re struggling more and more.
Without that very good OL and two good receivers they would have lost much more often this season.
Philly will have a different game plan this game than against SF, but it won’t matter… you will still have to not let Hurts get outside or rush up through the B gap. That makes him have to become a passer and he doesn’t have the accuracy or ability to read coverage to make a team pay.
