Greg Cosell spoke on KNBR Monday afternoon. Here’s what he said about Michael Crabtree.
Q: Where is the Packers’ defense vulnerable?
COSELL: I think they’re vulnerable inside with their linebackers. I think that it will be very interesting to see how the 49ers use Michael Crabtree. One of the things they’ve done effectively is, in base personnel, spread the field and have Crabtree inside.
Crabtree is really, really effective working against linebackers and safeties. I think back to the touchdown against the New England, the seam route. That was base personnel – I think they were on the 27 yard line going in, which is sort of the “go zone” for the 49ers offense – and they had Crabtree as the inside slot receiver on the three receiver side, with Vernon Davis and Delanie Walker outside of him. It was base personnel so the Patriots stayed with their base defense, and they got Crabtree running his route against Brandon Spikes and two safeties.
That’s one thing I you want to try to do against the Packers. You can beat A.J. Hawk in the pass game. You want to make him have to cover.
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There is no reason we shouldnt be able to exploit the linebackers of the Packers. Make them cover and make matthews think abiut the read option instead of pinning his ears back getting around Staley. We should run right at Matthews and make him tackle. Crabs will play well and get his. Question is, will anyone else? Clearly, the niners are designing plays to get Crabs free. This has to be Vernons week. He can beat woodson.
Hopefully the coaches can scheme to get Vernon on a linebacker.
It shouldn’t matter who is covering VD. His size, speed and explosiveness makes him a matchup nightmare!!! He’s been awfully quite the last 7 or 8 games
I agree but I don’t know wy we are talkin about how the 9ers are going to atack the GB defene VD or FG or MC or RM or JMJ any way you guys you should just not say to much I know GB is listening just saying,,,, they getting ideas