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It's getting lots of attention in the Bay area apparently at least according to my emails since I'm not there right now. Baldy said he thinks the 49ers need to change their Wide 9 technique on defense he thinks it's a big reason why their defense isn't as good. Basically when they got Bosa, they had him and Dee Ford and wanted to maximize their ability to terrorize QB's so they let them line up in a 9 technique very wide, outside the TE, so they get a running start to the QB. It worked, they wreaked havoc. But the problem is it only worked because their interior DL and inside LB's were so good, that they could handle the interior run game.
Since then they lost one then the other DT, LB's have been beat up and suddenly teams can run on them inside. We were one of the teams he cited, we ran for 170 against them and even the big Kyler 50 yard TD run started out inside he just hit the gap inside of Bosa and housed it. Baldy thinks because they're no longer stacked inside, they need to change it but apparently BOsa doesn't want to because he likes lining up wide. Apparently some of teh bay area media are confirming yes it's been discussed and yes Bosa is VERY resistant to the change.
Since then they lost one then the other DT, LB's have been beat up and suddenly teams can run on them inside. We were one of the teams he cited, we ran for 170 against them and even the big Kyler 50 yard TD run started out inside he just hit the gap inside of Bosa and housed it. Baldy thinks because they're no longer stacked inside, they need to change it but apparently BOsa doesn't want to because he likes lining up wide. Apparently some of teh bay area media are confirming yes it's been discussed and yes Bosa is VERY resistant to the change.