Pre Season Week 1: 49ers @ Raiders

I am copying this post from another forum. It's write by an ex coach and he break down the film and writes down a full analsys of the game.
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Notes vs SF

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1. SF's bad, especially QB's and OL.

2. I think we need to recognize our pass O is pretty troubled, not panic, and get to work on it.

3. Start the game with a bomb to Carter---keep Al off your back, open the run game.

4. Expect to see continue this going-for-it-on-4th-down to the extreme. Kif is ahead of the curve in anticipating the NFL's final morph into Arena ball. I just wish he weren't that far ahead.

5. Expect to see more 60+ yard FG's :30 before HT, so our enemy, when Jano misses, starts already in our red zone.

6. Kif's got guts.

7. Here's Kif's game plan, regular: he opens games using his entire playbook. He doesn't want to fall behind. What that looks like is: runs outta shotgun, draws, screens, quick bombs, fake-stretch-roll's, etc. Starting usually around possession #2, Kif's play calls start to look like this: run, run, run, run, run, run, pass, run, run, pass, run. You've seen it. Kif'll stay stubborn like that thru H1. Then, at some critical moment in H2: In the win over KC last year, the Chiefs scored on the last play of Q3 to take the lead, 13-17. Kif answered: deep pass to Miller for 28, bomb to JP for 35, and Fargas scored on a 14 yard sweep on the 3rd play. The next week, our win over DN, same thing: After RRRRRPRRRPR for 3 Q's, when Cutler scored early Q4 to get within 24-20, Kif once more attacked---Miller for 26, Miller for 19, followed by a bomb to JP which, incomplete, led to a FG. Vs the Colts, Kif did the same, and tho we lost, the success of his aggressive strategy in clutch kept us within a blatant rip-off by the refs of a real chance at a win. Vs SF on Friday, when Tui entered, Kif opened that aggressive side. In sum: opening drive is mixed, entire playbook; then RRRRPRRP for 45:00. But, with the game on the line, Kif'll go: downfield, downfield, downfield.

8. Player of the game, hands down: Trevor Scott. 3 holding penalties against him, one declined, one accepted, one not called. 2 passes D'd. A full body crash of QB. Numerous chases, including his hurry on Eugene's int. A punt cover. 2 additional hits on QB. And more.

9. OL of the game---Jake Grove, whose first 6 blocks were, remarkably, plusses.

10. Gallery started real bad, whiff after whiff, then settled in to play his usual very muscular, very oafish game. A bad nite. He has got be very disappointed with THAT.

11. LT Harris---feet, for sure, like we haven't seen there. Zip zip. Also, youth in those legs, there's a push Sims didn't have. Some very fine blocks. Seems to sense what he's doing. Something to work with.

12. Mcquistan's on his way out, I fear, he looked worse. At least twice, a half count behind his other 4 off the ball. Mq, tho, made THE block on O's biggest play, Bush's screen for +23.

13. Screens were there all nite.

14. Expect to see the most stubborn running team in Kif's 08 Raiders you've yet experienced.

15. WR Walker did pop free on what woulda been an 80 yard TD. Vs a rookie. Walter overled. I looked to see if one could blame lack of burst---no.

16. On the opening bomb to Carter, Miller posted, wide open.

17. Kalimba Edwards rivalled DE Scott for POG, a whole lot more heat than Clemons. Spires looks to be in trouble. SF was physically incapable of blocking Edwards.

18. Early, it looks like a 3-way fight for 2 spots---Shaw, Joseph, Sands.

19. RB Bush---wow! JF said it best, jump step, slide step---the feet! It's true. The short yardage, his 2nd run I think, he starts R, he's at good speed when he takes the handoff, sees, cuts, easy first down---but at 4 yards, he HURTLES himself such that his legs look like they're flapping in the breeze behind, he's really propelling that 200 and whatever pounds, dang. The TD on 4th and one---well, you saw it.

20. McFad ran very hard, got, I thought, close to 100% of what was available on every carry, very efficient, hard running, tuff, good. Failed vs the CB in space, he'll get more opportunities.

21. We're 1 for 5 on 4th downs. On 4th and 2 on the 11, Q2, Bush ran for +1, broke a tackle in the backfield in doing so. On that failed 4th down, RT Wand got shed on his 2nd step, RG Morris got submarined immediately, which is how Bush got hit behind the line. Meanwhile, C Wade made an amazing 2nd level block, steering MLB a good 8 yards to the R. And Gallery cut a guy like a finger snap, instant, rare athleticism. FB ONeal, who played a helluva game, seeing Wand's DE free on the edge, changed his mind, redirected, got caught halfway. Minus: Wand, Morris, ON. Plus: Ward, Gallery, Bush.

22. ON's first play came after Griffith got the first 7 at FB. #46's first block---BOOM! The kid quick got in a groove, hit like 6 in a row. And when ON hit's... Griffith too played well.

23. RG Carlysle's first play (bomb to Carter), typical: first step he's winning, 2nd step losing, 3rd step winning, 4th... Very high effort. He's very rubbery. With solid base anchored vs half a ton of strain, he torques his entire upper half, above the waist, clockwise 70 degrees. This is limber athleticism. He'd like to be stronger.

24. Henderson appeared hugely improved over last year. Slimmer. But, more, his feet are moving. Much better. Still, twice I saw him, obviously gassed, go thru entire plays without taking a single step (slight exaggeration). You'd have laughed at his statuesque posing. He's #2, #3 and #4 LT right now, and big trouble thus. But a lot of improvement.

25. Also appearing noticeably better---ON, Grove, Higgins, Alston. Maybe some coaching's going on after all.

26. 4th down failures---needing 7 on SF's 41, Walter hit TE Stewart for 5. On 4th and goal on the 1, Schillens FS'd, precipitating FG. Needing 7 at midfield, Tui's slant to Drisan James was broken up. Finally, needing 13 on the 33, Echemandu ran for 10. FG's there make the scoreboard reflect the rout really going on.

27. Bush's TD came on 4th and 1 on the 5, capping 75 yards in 13 plays, 6 runs, 7 quick throws. RT Wakefield made the TD, crashing down the entire DL to his L.

28. Much, much better play from our C's.

29. First sack was Gallery's and Carlysle's fault. Sack #2 wasn't a sack, it was Griffith's hold (too bad, OL did great, especially Grove, who manned NT for 5 seconds, yielded but 2 yards). Sack #3---Ech belly flopped after play action at the feet of blitzing LB, Tui slipped in the infield. Henderson, too, lost his guy at 2 seconds on the play.

30. McFad's first pro block---tries to cut LB, no, but delays him, makes him go around---prototypical "zero," break-even block. Not bad. Of course, the rookie, like Fargas, will never be asked to run block.

31. Fargas' improvement as a pass blocker last year was as dramatic as any change I recall ever seeing in a Raider. He was horrible before last year. By the end, tho, Fargas was consistently dominating. Very, very motivated protector. He gets it. He hits. He super attacks as a pass blocker. He's under control. I have not seen him challenged by guys coming at him from weird places.

32. We blitzed 7 times, a half dozen of those merely by sending stacked LB, already on scrimmage, Williams or Thomas or Alston, each making the 5th man rush. Once we sent 6, Ek and Hartwell, from LB, not stacked, 4-2-5, late Q4. SF sent 6 twice, dogged 5 another half dozen.

33. Our blitzes were universally ineffective.

34. Stack LB is when Thomas or Williams, etc, lines up ON scrimmage, just outside DE, like a 5th DL (hand up, tho), usually on the strong side, but occasionally opposite the TE. It's hard to run wide vs stack. It threatens to rush 5. It's in the direction of Buddy Ryan's 46 in Chicago, I think. Either way, 3rd LB in 4-3-4 vs SF was 60% of the time stacked, only 40% of the time at LB.

35. We opened the game running away from FB's side 2 of our first 4 runs (see note #7). Ended the game the same way.

36. OL generally played better than we saw last year, significantly more plusses. If you're wondering about Kif's babying of our pass game, yes, it's OL, yes, it's QB, but mostly it's an extremely unreliable set of WR's.

37. 1st play on D---there's Kelly, looking noticeably chunkier on film, at RDT! So much for all this 3-technique bullcrap. Never listen to coaches talking to media. It's total PR, substance not required. Not til our first 3rd down did Kelly and Warren switch.

38. Shaw was sooner off the bench than Sands at 2-gap, RDT. Shaw played exceptionally well, chasing QB's all nite.

39. Routt's int was Greg Spires in QB's face, painfully. Eugene's was "influenced" by DE Scott, unblocked, full speed, bearing down, 2.5 yards away, hands up. Scott didn't get the hit, but he bigtime got the hurry. Waddell, the guy so teased in camp, stripped AND recovered the second fumble. The first he also got, after Alston stripped QB, already ankled by Spires and going down, originally chased out at 2 seconds by Edwards, and almost cut in half by Thomas who just missed at scrimmage.

40. Mo's 1st 3rd down, 3rd and 3: 2 TE's R drove Burg 3 yards, FB in motion walls Wilson on the edge---but the runner goes elsewhere. And the reason he does is cuz Mo, from 5 yards off C fills so fast, a yard in the backfield, with the angle. So Gore shift L to avoid Mo, who still gets RB's legs. Just as Kelly is 360'ing off a block, kinda rolls into the tackle. Nice, nice move by #93. But if Mo's not there, Kelly's late.

41. Thomas was stacked on the WEAK side on the play above.

42. Ryan stacked much, much more vs SF than he did last year. Could be cuz it's SF, vs whom we've always run lots of 5 DL's. We ran stack 1/3 of the time under Shell, usually Sam Wms. Didn't run it last year. See: D Personnel and Formations vs SF.

43. 10% of the time, Will lines up over TE. 10% of our stacks are on the weak side.

44. So much for vanilla D.

45. Terdell Sands, much nagged on for dogging it, rec'd Routt's fumble after #26's int 40 yards downfield! That's quite a sign #90 sent us. Keep it up, big man!

46. A play in Q3---Sands exploded off the ball with a first step certainly not seen in #90.

47. 3 uncalled holds by SF's LT. #74 grabbed Edwards. #81 horse collared Scott. #74 wrenched Richardson. All holds were up high, around the neck. When #61 did it again to Scott, the refs threw the flag.

48. 3 times SF's NT held our C. #93 grabbed Wade's mask, pulled, pried, then pushed off with follow thru. Back-to-back plays in Q4, NT grabbed Morris, didn't want #51 getting to LB's. The encore drew yellow reviews.

49. On SF's 2nd possession, starting D's final appearance, Ryan showed (hopefully) the fullest of his complexity. Those first 2 plays of D's last stand are, candidly, beyond me. See D Personnel vs SF. The 3rd play, now, was also very interesting. Kelly was LDT, Warren RDT. Til TE Davis motioned across, so DT's switched. Then, when HB motioned out, leaving empty backfield, suddenly Mo runs to the line, turning and sreaming at his Eleven, waving his arms---call it off, call it off. Call off what, I don't know. But Martz was countering Ryan's cleverness...

50. After Morgan's 3 downfield catches, to move the ball Martz must resort to gimmicks---end around, statue of liberty, shovel pass.

51. In Q1, DE Scott was held by RT Barry Sims, a run for no gain, penalty declined.

52. Rankin's 72 yard run: Wand, Wakefield, Morris and Mq all earned zeroes, the run away from them. Henderson's in front---DE's upfield charge takes himself out, Henderson helps with one punch, that's it, he did his duty perfectly, but most of the credit he earns is simply for understanding his job, he really didn't do anything---I also gave him a zero. Now, FB is Reece---a (very rare) plus: perfectly timed arrival in #55's face, not a hit, but textbook form, MLB has no chance.

53. Reece was horrible. He runs to the LB and stops, every time. Like basketball, setting up a pick, or something. After Rankin's 72 yarder to the 10, 3 consecutive Courtney-Anderson-type blocks from #45 gave us little chance to score.

54. DE Scott dropped into coverage 5 times, was in on 2 D's. DT Joseph dropped, like Sapp often did, once. Creating 3-man rush, therefore, except for the one time Eugene blitzed from Nickel opposite.

55. Far fewer max protect's on O.

56. Hartwell: 39 plays on D. Plus KO's. They're working him. Used him lots in Q4 on pass downs. I sure saw him running around a lot. At least one nice run tackle in H1.

57. JLH's PR's: you saw the stutter step on both. He showed that last year. But the confident downfield vision---that's new. Both PR's, he saw fast, exploited fast. The TD: stutter NOW avoids one, then super aggressive lane to the L. #49, Malik Jackson---not so much a block as perfect positioning---he's the guy who starts it, all #15 needs. Sam Wms is next, but there he is, pulling his hands back, holding em up---I didn't clip, I didn't clip---Wms' foe is yards away, clean. And runner's already past. Never block when runner's past.

58. 3 false starts: Henderson, Wakefield, Schillens.

59. Rankin's not likely to make it, seems I've seen a million of em.

60. Likely new Raiders: Scott, Edwards and Tyvon Branch, who played lots of both SS and FS. I did not see CB Bowie.

61. No Curry. No Ricky Brown, who has a hamstring.

62. KO team: Elling, Ek, Hartwell, Eugene, JLH, Stewart, Coop, Wms, CJ (Chris Johnson) and Gibril Wilson. Others: Baker, Scott, Schillens, Gunheim, Waddell, Reece, James, Watkins, Holland, Rankin, Darrell Strong.

63: KOR: CJ and Griffith deep, Mq, Morris and Scott (3 man wedge), plus Wms, Ech, Alston, ON, Ek and Coop. Others: Rankin, Henderson, Schillens, James, Darrell Strong and Chris Wagner, the latter 2 are TE's.

64. PR: JLH, Wms, Alston, Ek, Stew, Coop, Wms, Eugene, Scott, Malik Jackson and one unidentified.

65. P: Lechler, Condo, 3 protectors---Alston, Madsen and ON, 2 gunners---Eugene and Coop, plus Ek, Thomas, Wms and Stew.

66. Al's assembled some talent, more than we've seen in a while. Let's see what the Coaches can do with it. And, the only question that really matters---how much do the players want?

Professor Eyepatch