Fabbs
01-20-2014, 10:47 AM
Preemptive. In a game that had lots of twists and turns, along with some very b.s. reffing favoing mostly the Seahawks, where do you put the Aldon Smith offsides on the momentum swinging scale? I think it's near if not at the top. Repeat, there were many momentum plays but in the context of the game.....recap:
17-13 49ers.
4th qtr 14 minutes left.
Seahawk ball 4th and 7.
52 yard field goal attempt for potential 17-16 or go for it. Hawks run field goal kicker on the field then call time out and change mind.
Hawks line up and go for the 1st down.
Lets stop right there. If Hawks do not get the 1st down, SF takes over at own 35. Not great field position, but good. And the fact that the D on this Hawk drive had just chased Russel Wilson back -16 yards on an intentional grounding play on a 2nd down and 4 had to give the SF Defense some encouragement. From what i saw of body language the entire SF D got a charge.
The play.
Aldon Smith jumps offsides, the flags go up and at this point the entire SF D kind of pauses. Including the db who eventually got beat in the endzone. Now he only pauses for a half a second, and to his credit he recovers and guards Kearse very closely. But, the half second pause is what gave just a step of separation between he and Kearse who did not pause. Also many of the SF rushers, including Aldon Smith, paused for just a half second. Again, enough to limit their push towards Russel Wilson. The Hawks OTOH smelled a free play and continued full speed without a pause.
Instead of getting the ball and being ahead 17-13 the 49ers are now down 20-17.
Huge swing of momentum.
That's my take.
Granted we will never know how that play would have turned out if Aldon Smith had not jumped offsides. Maybe the Hawks get a 1st down or even a touchdown anyways. I don't think so tho. It was the pause that greatly aided the play.
17-13 49ers.
4th qtr 14 minutes left.
Seahawk ball 4th and 7.
52 yard field goal attempt for potential 17-16 or go for it. Hawks run field goal kicker on the field then call time out and change mind.
Hawks line up and go for the 1st down.
Lets stop right there. If Hawks do not get the 1st down, SF takes over at own 35. Not great field position, but good. And the fact that the D on this Hawk drive had just chased Russel Wilson back -16 yards on an intentional grounding play on a 2nd down and 4 had to give the SF Defense some encouragement. From what i saw of body language the entire SF D got a charge.
The play.
Aldon Smith jumps offsides, the flags go up and at this point the entire SF D kind of pauses. Including the db who eventually got beat in the endzone. Now he only pauses for a half a second, and to his credit he recovers and guards Kearse very closely. But, the half second pause is what gave just a step of separation between he and Kearse who did not pause. Also many of the SF rushers, including Aldon Smith, paused for just a half second. Again, enough to limit their push towards Russel Wilson. The Hawks OTOH smelled a free play and continued full speed without a pause.
Instead of getting the ball and being ahead 17-13 the 49ers are now down 20-17.
Huge swing of momentum.
That's my take.
Granted we will never know how that play would have turned out if Aldon Smith had not jumped offsides. Maybe the Hawks get a 1st down or even a touchdown anyways. I don't think so tho. It was the pause that greatly aided the play.