Secondary target, Brandon Aiyuk, has also been very effective with the ball in his hands. Is he going to be in the halfback position and the halfbacks going to be out wide, or vice versa? He’s a guy we have to account for on every play.” And I think it does present some problems when you just aren’t quite sure where he’s going to line up. He’s one of the more elite players in this league, and they find different ways to get him the ball, whether it’s handing it off, whether it’s reverses, in the passing game. You’ve got to be very disciplined with your eyes and your rules and responsibilities.
“They do such a great job of formationing, motioning, giving very complementary plays. “It definitely adds another layer to their complex offense,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said via SI. At tight end, George Kittle finished second among his position group in total YAC with 470 yards, and he tied for sixth in average YAC. In addition to Mitchell and Samuel being difficult to bring down out of the backfield, this is a passing game full of playmakers, along with a play-caller in Shanahan who does a terrific job of finding ways to get them the ball in space.Īmong receivers, Samuel’s 903 yards after the catch were the second-most in football behind only Cooper Kupp, and his average YAC per catch of 10.2 yards ranked first. How did they achieve that, you ask? Well, I have one word for you–YAC. Yet despite the low number of pass attempts and the conservative approach, the Niners still finished the season with the highest explosive pass play rate in the game, according to Sharp Football.
He also ranks 30th out of 39 quarterbacks in average depth of target–so it’s not as if Garoppolo is pushing the ball downfield either. With Jimmy Graoppolo at quarterback, San Francisco attempts only 29.9 pass attempts per game, which was the fourth-fewest in the NFL this season. We will get to Samuel’s YAC ability as a receiver in a minute, but we are all well aware of what kind of damage he can do with the ball in his hands. During that span, and including the Wildcard round, Samuel is averaging 6.3 yards per carry on 7.0 attempts per game. Kyle Shanahan has also been using Deebo Samuel as a fairly regular ball carrier since Week 10.
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