We put SF's 'nickel' in a pickle

[oldunclemark]

..and for this I thank Jeff Saturday on ESPN..

We threw 8 passes ( I think Andrew was 8-of-8) on the opening 10-play drive..

..and SF began to go 'nickel' and use 5 defensive backs on 2nd and 3rd down

..and we ran all over their nickel.....

.....we actually did pass first...but we played them....

[TKnight24]

Definitely outplayed & out coached the 49ers

 

My my my how the tide turns when the pupil (Andrew Luck) becomes the Teacher

 

Take that Mr. Harbaugh!!!! :highfive:

[Kenny]

I would love to know why Harbaugh tried to air it out so much yesterday.

[crazycolt1]

I would love to know why Harbaugh tried to air it out so much yesterday.

Because the Colts made the adjustments and stacked the LOS after the 49ers long drive. Kudo's to the D backs for playing one on one really well. 

[Gavin]

We should be running more often when teams go Nickel on us, especially against 3-4 defenses, 1 less linebacker to deal with and get around, if the O Line does there jobs like they did sunday then we should be able to run all over teams in the Nickel

[BPM_Colt]

Great game plan all the way around it seemed. Adjustments seemed to be made across the board when needed. Pleased with what I saw yesterday

[21isSuperman]

That's exactly how it should be (and could be given our RBs now).  Do well through the air with the talent we have, then when the defense switches to nickel and dime defenses, we bring out the power running game.

[oldunclemark]

Sorry folks..Andrew was 6-of-6 on the opening drive...not 8 of 8

..but the SF coaches must have been a little overconfident, too ...

They thought they could stop the run with their all-pro linebacker duo in a 6-man front

In the 2nd half... they could not