The 49ers used to have one of the best packages of screen passes in the NFL. Jimmy Garoppolo routinely won games with the 49ers without throwing more than 10 yards downfield. He could 'carve up' defenses simply by throwing passes behind the line.
Jimmy Garoppolo routinely won games with the 49ers without throwing more than 10 yards downfield. He could "carve up" defenses simply by throwing passes behind the line of scrimmage -- call them "Jimmy Gimmies."
But Garoppolo is gone and, for the most part, so are the screens even though that the 49ers have Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Ricky Pearsall, Jacob Cowing, Jordan Mason and Isaac Guerendo. For some reason, now that Brock Purdy is the starting quarterback the 49ers throw screens less frequently than just about any other team.ME: Your offense has evolved a lot throughout the years.
SHANAHAN: “I think it's both. You always, first thing you look at is how to attack personnel, how to attack a defensive scheme and what they're doing and stuff like that. And whatever you're good at, defenses usually adjust and it opens up other areas. But then also you’ve got to do what you think players can do too. I do think we have good screen players and stuff. I don't think they're there as much as they used to.
First of all, I appreciate Shanahan's answer. He didn't avoid the question. He answered it as transparently as he could. He doesn't want to call screen passes if defenses are loading up to take them away. Fair enough. Still, Andy Reid and the Chiefs have led the NFL in screen passes each of the past two seasons despite everyone knowing they like to throw screens.Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis.
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