Aaron Rodgers' first full game with Jets SPOILED, Niners roll on Monday Night Football | Game Recap

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:13:27 Category: Sports

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Well, there was no doubt in this one. Despite having no CMC 180 yards on the ground for the San Francisco 49 ers in this week. One win over the Jets. Mason chewing up most of that production a buck 47 and that touchdown last gasp from the Jets before pulling Aaron Rodgers with this fourth down look. Garrett Wilson able to haul it in as it's 32 to 19. No doubt about it San Francisco still the class of the NFC. I'm joined by the class of HQ DuSable. Bryant McFadden joining us here postgame. Mac, this was none of what we were promised from the New York Jets. It was going to be Rodgers and offense to a stout defensive performance a year ago, and we didn't see either of those things. Where do you start cleaning things up after this one? Defensively for the Jets at the line of scrimmage? When you look at the Jets defense over the last few years, that has been the one thing they've been able to hang their hat on, even with the woes or the inconsistencies on the offensive side, it's been the defense, the toughness. Right. Being able to set the tone at the line of scrimmage, tackle well, harass opposing quarterbacks and make life miserable for offenses that they were facing in tonight's matchup, we saw the total opposite. I've never seen a New York Jets defense under Coach Robert Saleh that soft at the point of attack. The running lanes that were wide open, you can put you can drive an Amazon Prime truck through there and deliver all the packages you want to deliver based on the job, the offensive linemen were doing for Jordan Mason. I mean, his first career start, 28 touches for 147 yards and a touchdown. Luckily, they only gave him 28 attempts because if he got anything north of 30, who knows what he would have finished the game with. Debo did chew into some of that production. Did he need Debo because his running style was something that was causing issues for the front, for the defense on all three levels, for the New York Jets, they didn't want to tackle. They weren't allowing the offensive linemen to get to the to the second level. I mean, it was a it was a horrible watch for the New York Jets defensively, just knowing what we've seen them seen them do in the past. Stopping the run is a test of will just as much as it is a matter of scheme. Dus you were with this Jets team almost daily throughout camp relative to what your expectations were coming in, how alarming was this run stuffing defense or lack thereof? Yeah, it's very alarming moves. And when you look at it, they were kind of soft in the middle. And I think a guy that they missed sorely today was Lucky Fotu, who they signed this offseason from the Arizona Cardinals. He's a bigger body type defensive tackle and they didn't have him. So you know guys like Solomon Thompson and Jalen Holmes were in there trying to hang on to those double teams. And Bmac kind of alluded to it right when you have a defensive line, you're led by your defensive line. You expect that group to show up and be the focal point of your defense. Well, that did not happen today. Jordan Mason ran with purpose. Obviously, he was ready for his opportunity. He took full advantage 28 carries, 147 yards, one touchdown should have actually had multiple touchdowns. A couple were called back. But kudos to the offensive line for the San Francisco 49 ers. That was the one of my keys going into this game right. They have a rookie at guard. And Dominick Puni and I thought that Quinnen Williams could take full advantage of that. But that just did not happen today. And if you're the New York Jets you got to go back to the drawing board. Right. Because you should have known a running back at five foot 11, almost 230 pounds, they were going to run downhill at you. And it seems like the Jets defense just had no answer for it. It certainly looked that way. And just as productive as this offense was for the San Francisco 49 ers. That's how bad the run stop was for the Jets. Again 180 yards rushing on the ground dudes. What about this Kyle Shanahan run scheme. Makes it so plug and play I won't sit here and suggest that Christian McCaffrey isn't a plus one both in the pass and the run. And you're going to have a drop off. But it seems like you can take a serviceable player putting into this run scheme. And you're going to get certain things like this. Yeah, it's the misdirection. And Bmac can talk to you about this. They give you so much pre-snap motion, you your eyes have to be so disciplined on defense on some of those Jordan Mason runs right. The blocking scheme was going to the left, but he would break out to the right. Right. So if you're not following your keys right Kyle Shanahan will cut you up no matter who the running back is. And that's why people have always questioned in regards to his scheme and even his father's scheme. Right. If you just have a decent running back, will be fine. If a guy is a one cut, get downhill type of running back, he'll have success in this Shanahan tree. And that's why a lot of people also question Brock Purdy. Now I'm not one of those people. I think Brock Purdy is a really good quarterback and he's perfect for this system. But Kyle is so masterful in regards to the pre-snap motion, the short motions. Right. Have your eyes over here. We're going to run it this way. Right. You think it's a reverse this way. But we're coming out the back way. And then he's so multiple in regard to his personnel. I mean you see all type of personnel. Kyle Juszczyk is a fullback, but they use him as a receiver sometimes. Christian McCaffrey is a running back, but they use him as a receiver sometimes. Deebo Samuel is a wide back. They put him out at receiver and they put him in the backfield. So that's why it's so hard to prepare for this offense because they give you so many looks personnel wise. But then they give you so much pre-snap motion. You have to be disciplined with your eyes or you'll get caught up like the Jets did today. San Francisco 49 ers possessed the ball for 38 minutes. And 40s Aaron Rodgers has started 246 games in his career. No team has possessed it for more time than the 49 ers did on this night. So if you're looking for flow offensively there's the reason why you did not find it. We need an Aaron Rodgers thought here because we didn't get the sample size. Maybe that we were going to expect to see the play count. Wasn't there the time of possession neither. They really were playing from their heels throughout much of this game because of what the 49 ers did in the run game. What did you make of Rodgers in his return, we saw some good things. We saw some things that I guess offensively they kind of left on the table. Most importantly he came out of this ball game healthy right. That's the most important thing. You want it to win. You didn't win. But at least Aaron Rodgers got through this ball game healthy. I would love to see an aggressive style to this offense. You know in the first half he only had seven completions. Seven of those completions came to two guys Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall. We saw him open up a little more in the passing game in the second half. You talk about Allen Lazard getting involved in the passing game. That's a plus. But it starts. Then it stops legit. Joe at the line of scrimmage. You know we talked about how San Francisco won the line of scrimmage against the Jets defense. The same can be said defensively for the Jets and how they just won that game. Within the game against the offensive linemen from the Jets. Remember, they invested so much into improving the offensive line for the Jets because that's been an issue in so many years. Right. And then they've added depth. But they were not tough enough as well. When you talk about in these type ball games, you know better than anybody. You have to play tougher longer. And they showed spurts here and there. But for San Francisco for the entirety of the ball game, they were the tougher group on either side. And that kind of enabled Aaron Rodgers to a degree with him being comfortable in the pocket to be able to be aggressive. So that's that's my concern. Moving forward for the Jets because the days of Aaron Rodgers evading defenders in the pocket, making people miss pump faking and things like that, I don't think those days are there anymore. So you have to be extremely sound for him to be able to be as successful as he can be. When you talk about working from within the pocket, I think for me, the biggest concerning thing was them not being able to get the run game going right with Breece Hall. They really struggled at the point of attack. I mean, Fred Warner is a freak of nature, like the speed he plays at is astronomical. It's almost like he's in the backfield in the huddle. When the Jets call the play like he knows where the play is going. Every single time. I thought the Jets O-line actually protected it pretty well. Besides the one Tyron Smith gave up the sack to Nick Bosa. Other than that, I thought they protected really well. You know what really hurt these guys, fellas, they didn't have many plays. They had 37 plays before Tyrod Taylor came in in the end of the fourth quarter. Be back. You know this. Most offenses are going to get 60 to 65 plays in a game 37 plays in the fourth quarter. Like you're not going to build a rhythm up on offense. It's hard to get continuity on offense when you only have 37 plays. Fellas. They had five three and outs or less, and the one less was the fumble that Breece Hall had. You have five, three and outs. You're not going to win a football game because you cannot build continuity and get a rhythm on offense. So that was what was so concerning for me, because with this revamped offensive line, I thought they would be able to run the football to put sustained drives together. They really did a good job on that third drive, but besides that, we didn't see them have any sustained drives, and you can't build a rhythm on offense if you're going three and out every time you're out there. To your point, Deuce seven combined tackles for Fred Warner felt like about ten more than that. A forced fumble and so much of what he does, like you said, quarterback on the defense very cerebral doesn't show up in that box score. I will also point out from a numbers standpoint that 30 was it 37, 37, 37 is more than before Tyrod came in. Yeah 37 is more than four. So to your point he got out healthy. You got to see a healthy Aaron Rodgers and that arm talent still apparent in moments in this game. So offensive flow that hopefully will come throughout this year. Let's finish with a thought here on the 49 ers. Because just like years before this is a team that dealt with the greatest heartbreak. Getting there and losing. It's a Kansas City Chiefs team that seems to be better. Is there a world where you could see this being a San Francisco 40 Niners team? I mean this was page one of the Kyle Shanahan playbook. We saw nothing from the 40 Niners offensively from a scheme standpoint. You saw no Christian McCaffrey. You were forced to hand the ball to Deebo Samuel a little bit Brandon Aiyuk's got to be better with that fresh ink on the contract. Is there a chance that we get a better version of the 40 Niners this season? Mac. Yeah. There's is because they didn't have Christian McCaffrey tonight. They didn't have Dre Greenlaw tonight. They also in the secondary and they did not miss either any of those guys. This was dominant stuff from the TOS. And Brandon Aiyuk just got to camp where not to camp. But he just got with the team Trent Williams just got with the team. So the rhythm wasn't all the way together because these guys had they haven't been practicing with the offensive guys and they didn't miss a beat. So to your point, yes, I can see a world where these two teams see each other at some point when it's all said and done, because the talent level is there. You don't question the talent and then the continuity and just the coaching is so good. Just the coaching is so good. And Sorensen, the new DC former player at linebacker in the NFL, it seems like he has a system in place where these guys are really believing in what they do. And the one issue for San Francisco a year ago, defensively was their inability to stop downhill running attacks. Remember how successful Baltimore was Christmas night? And if you look at the Super Bowl as well, Isaiah Pacheco had some success running downhill. I feel like that could have been an area of concern for them, especially in tonight's matchup, knowing they were facing off against Breece Hall and knowing the Jets wanted to get the running game going downhill. Maliek Collins, Javon Hargrave these guys were great at the point of attack two, gapping from time to time and making sure they won their individual matchups, and that allowed a guy to your point legit. And Fred Warner to be all over the football field. Because when you look at Fred Warner, when he plays the linebacker position guys, his depth is deeper than most inside backers. He gets at that depth. So he can actually see the flow and his defensive tackles. They do a great job in keeping him clean. When I mean when I say that they don't allow the linemen to get to the second level to dirty up Fred Warner a little bit, he has a clean view to the ball and he gets there super fast. So to your point, if they stay healthy and they're not healthy right now, but it looked like they were because they have depth and they're so well coached. We started week one with a wow from Kansas City. We end week one with a wow from San Francisco. Round 3rd February. Come on Joe, what are you doing? Let's get excited fellas. DuSable. Bryant McFadden. We appreciate you fellas. As always, shedding light on what we saw here Monday night. Aaron Rodgers great to have him back. But a streak does come to an end for the first time since 2013, a loss on Monday Night Football. Ten in a row snapped at

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