San Francisco 49ers - Collin Kaepernick & Madison Baumgartner - The Lesson - November 2014 News Blog

San Francisco 49ers could win easy or play more bite your nails games after their bye week in October. Compare for a moment the 49ers with the San Francisco Giants. This year the Giants supported their strength and used it wisely to win another World Series. Their hot hand was Madison Baumgartner, a 25 years old pitcher with great talent and expertise. Imagine if the baseball league, his coaches, and other players all talked Madison Baumgartner out of pitching the way he does. You throw too many breaking balls, or too many high pitches, or not enough change ups... etc etc. Can you remember what people said about Kaeperick and his Pistol offense? The Pistol was created by him and his coaches at Reno?  The national and local press, NFL stars, and other players were negative about Kaepernick using his Pistol in the NFL. I remember when Kaepernick was named the new starting QB for the 49ers?  The 49ers offence was making other teams look bad with the Pistol executed by Kaepernick according to his expertise and talent. People wanted San Francisco to go back under center and pile up running plays from the I or drop back pass or play from the shotgun or do anything except get better with that Pistol. Even if they used the wild cat... anything else except the pistol. Why? Because the pistol is for conditioned athletes who destroy you. This is not good if your defense is designed for drop back passing and slow developing run plays from under center. The exhausting high paced pounding of well oiled pistol offences is best done with a smaller faster almost full backs  as a guards. The center too is an aggressive fire out zone blocking animal in a pistol. Tackles push and move the piles forward at least 3 yards, every play with zone blocking. The Pistol QB is a ball handling magician who is also your fastest back on the field with a passing attack too that hits 20 to 30 yards down field every time the defense starts playing the run too tight. When the pistol is not running over or past you in a seam then it passes. Kaepernick and and his coaches at Reno perfected the Pistol, without high profile backs and receivers. They punished all they opposed including an undefeated Boise who they dethroned from their Number 1 ranking on national television. Kaepernick perfected Pistol execution and ball handling... at Reno. Camera men and players had a hard time finding who had the ball and this was the case on most plays. Kaepernick always continued as though he had the ball after he handed off on the quick hitters up the middle to his power back and then when he kept the ball 1/2 of the defense was still tackling the power back. Now the 49ers pistol is poorly executed, he never continues to run the seam after he hands off to the power back, and still the 49ers account for more yardage per play from the Pistol than from any other formation, especially when they execute even a poor read option play.

San Francisco 49es Loose - run best plays least again - Yawn

Most teams study what works best, practice most on what they do best and run their best plays more than marginal plays The San Francisco Roman offense is not paying attention to play calling. Not all run plays are equal. Not all pass plays are equal. Vegas odds makers can do a better job on play selection than San Francisco does. Sad to see them running under center and empty backfield shotguns when the pistol and the power sweep would have won the game EZ. Zone block read option pistol to Gore 3 times, a keeper, 2 sweeps and a 25 yard pistol play action pass TD. EZ Recipe.  Cut bait or catch fish. Officials stunk bad. 

San Francisco 49ers 2014 Preseason

If the San Francisco 49ers had perfected the Reno Pistol Offense in 2012, they would have 2 super bowl rings and be playing for a third in 2014. Will the 49ers plan, play, and achieve caution with predictable mediocrity in 2014? - aka - Roman Offense. The Reno Pistol O can score 40 to 50 points. Hyde, Gore, Kaepernick each can rush 1200 yards this season. Kaepernick can easily throw 4000 yards -20 TDs and 5 Int if defenses must stop their pistol. Kaepernick is freaking fast - Gore and Hyde bust guts - receivers can score from anywhere on the field.  Simple truth.

PS - Many fast, fit, young offensive linemen in the league now who can zone block well - replace overpriced, fat, drop, back linemen who hold out. Trade the Boon dog for a high draft pick. Recruit an expert Pistol O coordinator plus 2 fast, fit, zone blocking linemen..

September 22, 2013 49ers Lose Again - Tough Run Option Not Used - Forced Passing Fails Again

The first quarter drive by the 49ers scored a touchdown as they appeared ready to run the ball down the Colts throat until they choked. Instead, they wasted the game using the same forced pass attack strategies that failed against the Seahawks.  They looked bad. On the few read option plays they ran, they tried not to fool anyone and seemed more afraid of injury than wanting to score. Throwing short of a 1st down or sliding quickly are 2013 priorities for QB Kaepernick who was taught these things. Speed and his strong arm are of little benefit now because he plays afraid. Coach was afraid of losing Kaepernick, so he put fear inside of Kaepernick... so now Kaepernick no longer is a threat. The only reason the Packers lost was because they played for the run and that left a pass game open. Seahawks and Colts dared Kaepernick to run as they shut down his pass game... his opportunity was to use read option 50 yard scoring plays by alternating running, passes, and quick hitting hard running plays by Gore based on a good read and good execution. Instead 49ers ran motion, changed sets, lined up in the I formation, and modified old planned plays. Teaching Kaepernick this mediocrity and a multitude of sets does not perfect what he does best. A path to ruin is where the 49ers offense walks now. They are a timid, confused offense trying to brain ways to victory instead of being the good athletes they are, playing hard, and executing well what they do best.

The Colts and Seahawks have each out played and out coached the 49ers. The 49ers offense are now masters of nothing.  The 49ers offence does everything now but does nothing very well, like a practice squad, so perhaps just playing the practice squad is their next move. The 49er defence played well in both games but showed a defeated attitude by giving up in the 4th quarter of both games.

NFL Football - 49ers 49 Seahawks 37 - September 2013 Forecast

First half Seahawks are ahead 24 to 21 then 31 to 21 in 3rd quarter. SF responds with 3 TDs to go up 42 to 31. Seahawks kick 2 FGs to make it close - SF 42 Seahawks 37. SF scores last, winning 49 to 37. Boldin 118 yds 2 td  - Gore 117 yds rushing with 1 td plus 48 yards receiving catching 1 td pass. Davis 127 yds and 1 TD reception. Kaepernick 380 yds passing 4 TD passes plus 120 yds rushing with 2 TD runs, each over 30 yds. USC Stanford Rivalry is now alive in the NFL as coaches and players provide a fast pace college style game with very few errors.

This game is gonna be cool.

San Francisco 49ers Football - 2013 Preseason - Minnesota @ San Francisco - Season and Game Forecasting -

Forecast - The 49ers defense will be in the NFL top 3 statistically for lowest points allowed 2013/2014. This defense is looking very good in practice and preseason, really shutting down both running and passing with a good pass rush and tight coverage on the receivers. The performance and attitude of these defensive football athletes are on track for greatness.  Making the cut on this team is a real chore for players in 2013. Only a great athlete improving consistently can make this roster. Coaches are giving the players opportunities to perform and these players are responding well.

Offense - A guarded look at the 49ers offence in the first two preseason games has not revealed much other than which players are not good enough to make this team. Perhaps preseason week 3 or 4 will show if the offence is ready to begin the regular season schedule. Coaching is too conservative on offense, using too often old well known west coast plays. Perfecting potential in these good athletes requires evolving the pistol formation with the read offense. Offense advantages in the pistol include vision and execution for a QB, running backs benefit from timing and attack angles, and receivers gain a step on line backers and safeties. These advantages are real. The quarterback never turns back to the the line of scrimmage and he is closer than a wildcat or shotgun formation. Quick openers hit fast and defense has little time to read which QB option is occurring. The 49ers can average 40 points per game this year just by perfecting the read option pistol as their primary weapon. Using the pistol only as a change up offense, results in poor TD numbers - this is what cost the 49ers their Superbowl last year. They relapsed and called timing passes to the end zone which have lower success rates compared to many pistol, read option, red zone plays.

Minnesota at San Francisco - My preseason game three Forecast - The home crowd will enjoy seeing their players anchor slots on the roster. - Halftime SF 21 Minnesota 0 - Final 49ers 34 Vikings 14.

August 20, 2013 - My forecast for 2013/14 regular season. If the 49ers turn their offence loose in a fast pace, read option, pistol offense, with Kaepernick backed up by Daniels, the 49ers will shred the NFL scoring record and they will win the Superbowl.  If old offensive play calling persists, these coaches will keep their talent from reaching full potential and the year will be another bite ur nails season with many close games, very similar to last season.