The final play we will look at is one of the wrinkles the 49ers used this season, a toss play aiming inside with zone blocking concepts up front. Defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson is working down the line of scrimmage, and with Reeder crashing downhill once more, Mitchell has nowhere to go. Unfortunately for him, there is no clean path downfield. Okoronkwo’s cut to the inside pays off, as Mitchell is forced to make a cut behind the line of scrimmage. Okoronkwo feels comfortable taking that chance, because Long - again aligned in the box - is in position as a secondary force player. As Williams opens to his left and starts to fan outside, Okoronkwo rolls the dice and dips inside of him, evading Williams and getting into the backfield quickly. This run stop starts with linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, on the edge across from Williams, the talented left tackle. Later in the third quarter, San Francisco again tried to run Mitchell to the left side on a zone blocking design. The three defenders crash into the running back simultaneously, holding him to a gain of one yard to force third and long. Who has sifted through the traffic up front and found a path towards Mitchell. Second is Long, who again begins the play in the backfield and, after avoiding a stumbling block attempt from center Alex Mack who was tripped up trying to get to the second level, is in position to stop Mitchell. First is Leonard Floyd, who has avoided the fullback’s sift block and is in position to crash down on Mitchell. This drives the guard into Mitchell’s path, cutting off a potential bounce to the edge and forcing the running back to consider a cutback to the right. The first component to this run stop, the interior penetration, is delivered by defensive tackle Marquise Copeland, who staggers Tomlinson as the left guard is sliding to the outside, pushing Tomlinson two yards into the backfield. Jusczcyk, who aligns in a wing to the left, executes the sift block across the formation. This time it is Brandon Aiyuk in motion at the snap, as the 49ers try and run Mitchell to the left using zone blocking. Once again, penetration from the defensive line coupled with downhill aggression from second- and third-level defenders stopped the play before it could get going: In the third quarter, the 49ers tried to run Mitchell again to the left side, using zone blocking up front. Oh, and right in the middle of all of this there is the world-destroying defensive tackle, Aaron Donald, driving left guard Laken Tomlinson a yard into the backfield, forcing Mitchell to try and cut behind the line of scrimmage. That gives linebacker Justin Hollins a clear path to Mitchell as well.
As right tackle Tom Compton slides to his left, Reeder knifes into the backfield off his backside, crashing into fullback Kyle Juszczyk. First there is linebacker Troy Reeder, who is charging downhill right at the snap. The backside of the plan is just as important. As Mitchell takes the handoff, Von Miller sets a hard edge over left tackle Trent Williams, preventing Mitchell from bouncing this run to the outside, and as he is doing so cornerback David Long, who is down in the box, angles behind him to the outside, putting himself in place should Mitchell still try to bounce the run around the edge. Kittle comes across the formation in motion just prior to the snap, moving left-to-right.
The 49ers try and run Mitchell to the left side using zone blocking up front. Take this play from late in the first quarter: That was part of the plan, a plan that focused on downhill aggression from second- and third-level defenders, penetration into the backfield, and denying the runners a shot at getting to the edge. How did they manage to slow down the San Francisco run game? After the loss, tight end George Kittle had an idea: Samuel was the 49ers’ leading rusher, carrying the ball seven times for 26 yards, while Elijah Mitchell got the most carries for the 49ers, being held to 20 yards on 11 attempts. Los Angeles held the 49ers running game largely in check during their 20-17 win, holding San Francisco to just 50 rushing yards on 20 carries.
He also needed to have an answer for the diverse San Francisco rushing attack.Īs the Rams begin thinking about Super Bowl preparations, you could say he accomplished the bulk of those goals. He had to come up with a plan for the talented Deebo Samuel.
He needed to confuse Jimmy Garoppolo, and perhaps force the one big mistake. Heading into the NFC Championship game, there were a number of things on the to-do list for Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris.
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