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Arizona is up next.
After they beat the Cowboys last week, no one should be taking the cardinals lightly. They had 4th quarter leads against both NY and Washington, but blew the leads late to lose by 3 and 4 respectively. They could easily be 3-0 right now.
On offense the cards like to run the ball. A LOT. They ran the ball 30 times vs. Dallas for 222yds. Against the Giants, the cards ran the ball 29 times for about 150yds and Conner, their RB, had 106yds on the ground and averaged 4.6ypc. He averaged 4.4ypc against Washington, so they are going to lean heavily on the running game. Dobbs is also part of the running attack and shown himself to be a dangerous runner. If you can shut down their running game, their entire offense is stymied b/c they run the ball the 5th most in the league.
The Card passing game is more efficient than prolific. Dobbs doesn’t throw all that often, but he has a 72% completion percentage. He is averaging the lowest amount of pass attempts per game in the NFL. They have some very fast outside options in Hollywood Brown and Rondale Moore. They like the pound the ball on the ground and then take some shots to their speedy wideouts. The Niners will have to pressure Dobbs to keep him uncomfortable, but the Cards don’t give up a lot of sacks, just a couple per game.
--an interesting wrinkle in the Cardinal offense is that they use WR Rondale Moore a lot like the Niners use Deebo. He starts out in the backfield to try and get mismatches.
Dallas committed 13 penalties against AZ and it helped to sink them. That is a scary trend since the Niners have struggled recently with penalties.
On Defense, the Cards are very active, but they don’t tackle all that well. According to Nick Wagoner of the ESPN, AZ has given up 299yds after 1st contact, which is the 3rd most in the league. That plays into the Niners run-after-catch style. After breaking so many tackles against NY, guys like Deebo, CMC, and Kittle should do well against the Cardinals.
--In terms of pass rush, the Cards are in the top 10 in sack %. And they get pressure with mostly their front 4 since they don’t blitz often. So this game will be the exact opposite of the NY game. Very little blitzing. Still, they Cards were able to pressure Dak throughout the Cowboy game, so our Oline will have to be much better than they were against NY.
--The Cardinal defense can be susceptible to the run. While they held the running game down against the Giants and Skins, the cards gave up 185yds on the ground to Dallas. Expect the Niner to try and play ball-control offense.
Well, what do we think?
After they beat the Cowboys last week, no one should be taking the cardinals lightly. They had 4th quarter leads against both NY and Washington, but blew the leads late to lose by 3 and 4 respectively. They could easily be 3-0 right now.
On offense the cards like to run the ball. A LOT. They ran the ball 30 times vs. Dallas for 222yds. Against the Giants, the cards ran the ball 29 times for about 150yds and Conner, their RB, had 106yds on the ground and averaged 4.6ypc. He averaged 4.4ypc against Washington, so they are going to lean heavily on the running game. Dobbs is also part of the running attack and shown himself to be a dangerous runner. If you can shut down their running game, their entire offense is stymied b/c they run the ball the 5th most in the league.
The Card passing game is more efficient than prolific. Dobbs doesn’t throw all that often, but he has a 72% completion percentage. He is averaging the lowest amount of pass attempts per game in the NFL. They have some very fast outside options in Hollywood Brown and Rondale Moore. They like the pound the ball on the ground and then take some shots to their speedy wideouts. The Niners will have to pressure Dobbs to keep him uncomfortable, but the Cards don’t give up a lot of sacks, just a couple per game.
--an interesting wrinkle in the Cardinal offense is that they use WR Rondale Moore a lot like the Niners use Deebo. He starts out in the backfield to try and get mismatches.
Dallas committed 13 penalties against AZ and it helped to sink them. That is a scary trend since the Niners have struggled recently with penalties.
On Defense, the Cards are very active, but they don’t tackle all that well. According to Nick Wagoner of the ESPN, AZ has given up 299yds after 1st contact, which is the 3rd most in the league. That plays into the Niners run-after-catch style. After breaking so many tackles against NY, guys like Deebo, CMC, and Kittle should do well against the Cardinals.
--In terms of pass rush, the Cards are in the top 10 in sack %. And they get pressure with mostly their front 4 since they don’t blitz often. So this game will be the exact opposite of the NY game. Very little blitzing. Still, they Cards were able to pressure Dak throughout the Cowboy game, so our Oline will have to be much better than they were against NY.
--The Cardinal defense can be susceptible to the run. While they held the running game down against the Giants and Skins, the cards gave up 185yds on the ground to Dallas. Expect the Niner to try and play ball-control offense.
Well, what do we think?
