“They out-blitzed us and we had to get rid of it,” Kyle Shanahan conceded. “There were four options on the play, but that wasn’t the one that we wanted.”
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“There’s a lot of choices there against an all-out blitz. He definitely chose the wrong one.
I just watched the CJ interception play. All out blitz and Clinton-Dix got there immediately untouched. Shanahan mentioned 3 other options and a lot of choices. All were WELL covered. 2 of those 3 were basically 10-15 yard stop or sit down routes. Either one could have been a pick 6. The third was a long slant. Again well covered.
Shanahan admitted he figured they would be in an all out blitz. If so, then why the shortest route called is 10 yards? A screen pass would have been a better call but that might have gotten blown up. A run as well would have gotten blown up, but yes, would have taken time off the clock.
Talk about throwing your QB under the bus to squelch the criticism of your play selection and clock management.
Also been reading some comments from Niner fans after this game and previous games dating back to last year. Pretty brutal toward CJ. Fans at game actuallly cheered when he went down with injury last year. I realize he needs work and experience but Holy Shit he looked pretty good for most of that game. And Joe Staley his tackle spoke up for him basically contradicting Shanahan on that last throw.