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01/16/13 01:01 AM
Who's got it better than us? NOBODY!
Well for starters the niners have shutdown elite passing offenses several times since Harbaugh took over. I guess some of the time its not quite shutdown but good enough to win. In the last 2 years the Niners have beat 2x Det, 2x NO, 2x GB, NE. The Niners have one of the best pass defenses in the NFL this year. I believe it’s ranked 4th (its too late for me to go look it up). And considering some of the teams we’ve played that’s pretty impressive.Furthermore while SF is techniquely a 3-4 team, they spend most of their time in Nickel with Justin Smith and Ray McDonald bumping down to DT and Aldon and Brooks play DE. This is probably the teams best defensive formation. It has shown the ability to stop the run with only 6 guys in the box. Having Justin Smith and the best 2 every down LB in the NFL certainly helps. Carlos Rodgers plays the slot while Chris Culliver plays on the outside (I imagine that Cully will match up against Julio for much of the game since Cully seems to be the most physically imposing DB on the roster and has guard Megatron the past 2 years.Also the team really doesn’t drop safeties into underneath zones. The team generally plays 2 deep safeties and man underneath. They have enough confidence in the defense to prevent long drives so they desperately attempt to stop the quick strike offense and have been very successful doing so.
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