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Just now, TheShredSkinz said:

Might be true but with what's invested in that front, we shouldn't need a blue chip mlb.

 

Totally disagree. It's a 1-gap defense. There are 6 gaps on a standard line without tight ends/wings,etc.

 

The DL fills 4 of them in theory. 

 

Our backers aren't filling the other two. 

 

And, our defensive linemen take turns not filling gaps as well. So the result is gaping holes. 

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1 minute ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I get that Alex Smith is a checkdown QB.
 

But he completes such a  high percentage, it can be very effective. 

 

I think people get way too hung up on how long the passes are.  The main thing that makes the short passing game work is throwing to guys who are in motion/running in stride.  That is basically 90% of the 49ers passing game with Jimmy G at QB and it works because no one is breaking stride to catch the pass.    Washington's short passing game it is throwing to guys who are always sitting down in the flat, so they catch it and are usually met with immediate contact or continually are doing that "run backwards to get around a defender and lose yards" move.   That isn't on Alex Smith, but on the scheme/play designs themselves. 

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