I also think that in the passing game there were often options that Tua didn't take advantage of. I'm sure some people got all excited when Tua ran, but he would have been better off throwing it his check down. That's what Steve Young took several years to learn. He was a beast as a runner. Many people thought he could have been a HOF RB. But Walsh finally got him to recognize that the check down to the FB who wasn't likely to gain as many yards as he could was the smarter long-term play.
Totally new concept!
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The 493ers are steamrolling teams right now and the Chargers aren't chopped liver . We just had a bad west coast trip and now it's time to get back on track. You have to give credit to the teams we faced the last 2 weeks.
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Concise and to the point - LOL
Chargers yes
SF, not so much. The game was for the taking
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But not the receivers' hands - LOL
I completely agree with you. Yet it still feels like bizarro world that we're asking for this, after 20+ years of what seems like nothing but check downs, screens and the running game.
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You seem to have missed the point of this post.
Hell Naw, we are doomed to be Miserable!!! We are Dolfans after all.
What can the team change in order to win?
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Correct, but we need to see that winning recipe. - LOL
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Take a guess at what our game plan should include.
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Unambiguous? - LOL
na. past few weeks/months we been running the same offense. we got a bread and butter play and teams have learned to stop it. McDaniels not dumb. he ran it til it died. which was last week and the only reason why waddle didnāt accumulate the yards he usually gets is because he was hurt.
the fins rested last week for the exception of hill. dude has been a beast. literally a ****in animal! snow or what weāre the weather is going to be fins come out chomping. this part of the schedule has a ways been do or die. so that hasn't changed.
fins have to be relentlessā¦.. play balls out and everyone needs to do there job of what is asked. ****in letās go fins!!!!!!!
the fins rested last week for the exception of hill. dude has been a beast. literally a ****in animal! snow or what weāre the weather is going to be fins come out chomping. this part of the schedule has a ways been do or die. so that hasn't changed.
fins have to be relentlessā¦.. play balls out and everyone needs to do there job of what is asked. ****in letās go fins!!!!!!!
As always, Ray is Right. Here is my 2 Cents:
Offense:
Pound the rock (with Wilson if he is healthy) and do not abandon it under any circumstance.
Start Tua off with short dump offs to get his rhythm in sync. Buffalo will try to take away the middle of the field anyway, so a quick 5 yard pass is fine.
Go Hurry Up offense as much as possible especially in the 3rd - 4rth quarters.
Get Waddle some easy early catches.
Reacquaint ourselves with our TE, his name is Gesicki.
Defense:
Play "mean" football. Not dirty, but I want some very hard hits whenever legally possible. Nothing soft!
X must somehow get an int.
More Sieler off the edge.
2+ turnovers
Very good concept. 
This is exactly what i was thinking. And My 3 cents addition to that is maybe we didnt see MM adjust, possibly because teams will do their adjustments against it. In a sense he doesnt want to show all of his cards.
We are still thick into making the playoffs too so its not like it was do or die at the time (although i know a win wouldve been playoffs). Currently its like the whole world and their moms are doubting us to show up in Buffalo but this is where i believe we will start seeing changes and adjustments when needed. God i hope im right lol
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The game plan should be simpler than you'd normally think here....
Offense needs to settle down and set up the big plays instead of trying to hit homeruns 24-7.
Weather will dictate run or pass options but you know they will try and copy the last 2 teams and play in that middle zone so Tua needs to make the right reads and check down if it's not there instead of trying to hit a guy 20 yards downfield who's not open.
Speaking of which McD needs to have that option available to him as a simple check down to HB or an actual screen pass can pop for big gains in snow games if footing is bad.
McD needs to have a decent amount of cutback runs in his toolset because if it's snowing it's a great advantage against a defense like Buffalo's that tends to over pursue at times.
If it sounds like a ball control offense it's because it is.
Defense needs to expect Allen is going to run ....a lot...spy him or pay the price
Boyer needs to stop trying to outsmart himself and when things aren't going right he needs to THINK and see the set up instead of just getting frustrated and dial up blitzes that only get the defense in more trouble...
Turn overs and tackling...the ball will be on the ground guaranteed at least once in this game, punch that **** out and get it back for the offense....
MAKE your tackles or at least roll that **** until your help arrives which also is crucial we swarm and don't spectate
Never try and arm especially in this game as the field conditions will make you slip even more...remember your fundamentals and get low
BOTH offense and defensive lines its crucial the need to get low to knock the other linemen back and get'em to start to slip and lose power ( always fundamental to get low but in a snow game it's a hell of an advantage that in normal conditions you can recover from but in snow you'll get blown up)
Offense needs to settle down and set up the big plays instead of trying to hit homeruns 24-7.
Weather will dictate run or pass options but you know they will try and copy the last 2 teams and play in that middle zone so Tua needs to make the right reads and check down if it's not there instead of trying to hit a guy 20 yards downfield who's not open.
Speaking of which McD needs to have that option available to him as a simple check down to HB or an actual screen pass can pop for big gains in snow games if footing is bad.
McD needs to have a decent amount of cutback runs in his toolset because if it's snowing it's a great advantage against a defense like Buffalo's that tends to over pursue at times.
If it sounds like a ball control offense it's because it is.
Defense needs to expect Allen is going to run ....a lot...spy him or pay the price
Boyer needs to stop trying to outsmart himself and when things aren't going right he needs to THINK and see the set up instead of just getting frustrated and dial up blitzes that only get the defense in more trouble...
Turn overs and tackling...the ball will be on the ground guaranteed at least once in this game, punch that **** out and get it back for the offense....
MAKE your tackles or at least roll that **** until your help arrives which also is crucial we swarm and don't spectate
Never try and arm especially in this game as the field conditions will make you slip even more...remember your fundamentals and get low
BOTH offense and defensive lines its crucial the need to get low to knock the other linemen back and get'em to start to slip and lose power ( always fundamental to get low but in a snow game it's a hell of an advantage that in normal conditions you can recover from but in snow you'll get blown up)