49ers vs. Falcons: Week 7 Game Analysis and Key Takeaways

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00:00But what was your biggest takeaway from Niners-Falcons?

00:02Well, I expected that.

00:03I think when you listened to our pregame,

00:05I said that if you looked at the Atlanta-Buffalo game

00:08and the way they pressured Josh Allen, a mobile quarterback,

00:11that most likely the defensive game plan going up against Mac Jones,

00:15an immobile quarterback, would be to obviously blitz him

00:18and look to get quarterback pressures.

00:20I did feel that San Francisco would take a more conservative approach

00:24than they have in back-to-back games against the Rams and Buccaneers.

00:28The last game they lost, they got into a high-scoring battle with Baker.

00:32Mac Jones took a beating, and I thought playing at home,

00:35they would rely on the offensive line and physicality of the rushing attack

00:39that was nonexistent for the most part.

00:41And you look at Atlanta, as good as they are and as athletic as they are

00:45from a front seven, they're not as big as San Francisco up front.

00:49They're more tweeners.

00:51And they got exposed by a dominant offensive line on Sunday night

00:56and got exposed.

00:56And we saw that in the second half against Buffalo

00:59when they made a commitment to the rushing attack with James Cook,

01:02so I just thought it would carry over.

01:04Does this mean that San Francisco is back, big picture?

01:08No, but when you grind out wins like that

01:11and you find a way to get Christian McCaffrey going with the ground game,

01:16now that opens up everything.

01:17We saw the emergence of a Jawan Jennings come back.

01:20We saw a more methodical type of, you know, controlled type of attack,

01:24which would benefit their defense.

01:26And we saw them get after Michael Pinnickson.

01:28As long as you have that type of game plan,

01:30offensively and defensively, you're a playoff contender.

01:33Yeah, so I think my big takeaway, Joe, is,

01:36and yes, I made this bet preseason, so push back if I'm wrong.

01:41I think Robert Sala is the runaway assistant coach of the year right now.

01:45I don't even really know.

01:46Hey, look at the Jets.

01:47I mean, it can't stop anybody.

01:51Like, I don't really even know.

01:53I know, I think heading into the weekend,

01:55Jim Bob Cooter, who's the Colts OC, is the favorite.

02:00I don't understand that at all.

02:02Shane Sykton's the coach of the year favorite.

02:04They're not going to double up.

02:05Like, to me, they created assistant coach of the year

02:07to basically kind of find a way to,

02:10if the head coach is super responsible, it's going to go them.

02:14But if your assistant coach is the driving force, it's going to go them.

02:16I don't think we're going to see, like, a double up from the Colts.

02:19That would surprise me.

02:21Do you want to go Denver's D.C.?

02:23Is that still Vance Joseph, if I'm not mistaken?

02:25Yep, Vance Joseph had a, I mean,

02:27fourth quarter had a great game plan.

02:29Like, the Dallas OC, again, I think that's more of a Schottenheimer thing,

02:33and he's not winning coach of the year.

02:35Like, Jeff Happley, the Packers D.C.,

02:38I don't think that's more impressive than what's going on in San Francisco to you.

02:42No, no.

02:42I mean, when you see this defense,

02:44and you see the key players that they lost,

02:46and knowing that they're still playing at an above-average level,

02:51and they shut down an offense that was cooking

02:53against the Buffalo Bills, you know, a game before,

02:57you have to make the argument that Salah has done a fantastic job.

03:00And we know that he's had a playoff,

03:02an NFC championship, and Super Bowl caliber defense

03:05during his tenure there in San Francisco.

03:08Yeah.

03:08And he's gotten back to basics.

03:10We talk about head coaches being terrible head coaches

03:13but being potentially great coordinators,

03:16and I think he falls into that category.

03:17100%.

03:18Vic Fangio.

03:19Right.

03:20Right?

03:20Like, that's, you know, and again, for the Niners,

03:23they may fall into what is this perfect setup in Kansas City.

03:29Now, Spags is older, and, like,

03:33Spags is just never going to get a chance to be a head coach again.

03:35He's just going to be a lifelong, you know, decent.

03:38But he's going to just be with him and Andy are going to be there for him.

03:40And he'll be in a Hall of Fame.

03:41But my thing is, I wonder if Salah just stays with the Niners,

03:46with Shanahan, for a very, very, very, very long time.

03:49I think at this point, you have to look, right?

03:51Like, do you think Robert Salah gets, sorry,

03:53in head coaching talks for this upcoming year?

03:57No.

03:58I don't.

03:59I think he'll be like Flores.

04:01Now, Flores had the off the field, you know.

04:03But what I'm saying is it took how many years for Flores

04:06to get back into the mix, into potential coaching jobs?

04:10I think maybe two or three years if he continues at this rate,

04:13he'll be mentioned for maybe a second stint.

04:15Josh McDaniels got a second stint.

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