'It’s just the type of thing that could bring down what is otherwise a planet-destroying juggernaut.'
comparing teams to the rest of the league, has the Niners with the league’s best defense, eighth-best offense, and 14th-best special teams. San Francisco’s kickoff DVOA rating is dragging the final ranking down. The Death Star plans show a clear weakness, whether you're using the eye test or data to find it.
Now, the 49ers would much rather have their biggest flaw be the kickoff unit and not something on offense or defense. And surely they’d rather have Gould be bad at kickoffs instead of field goals, as “we can’t trust our kicker to make a game-winning field goal” would be a flaw that goes beyond “tiny.”
The opening of the Seattle game demonstrated that the 49ers are capable of overcoming this flaw, though it requires 90-yard offensive drives and opponents going backward when they three-and-out against the 49ers’ defense.
The flaw doesn’t look like much; it’s a pimple on a giant. It’s also just the type of thing that could bring down what is otherwise a planet-destroying juggernaut.
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