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Mike Martz OC in San Fran...
« on: Feb 4th, 2008, 12:13am » |
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This is a pretty radical departure for the birthplace of the West Coast Offense. What do you guys think it means for the skill position players? My take...
QB... While a Martz-run offense basically guarantees a certain minimum level of production out of the QB position that makes its quarterback, at least, a fantasy factor, all this "radical" change in offensive schemes is probably going to be too much to handle for the youngster, Alex Smith, who is coming off a miserable, confidence-destroying season. If he makes it through this grinder, he could be back on track, moreover, in a big way. My guess, though, is that someone else is at the helm as the 49ers come out of the gate in '08.
RB Frank Gore should be just fine. He is a serious talent, and he can catch the ball. Yes, Martz isn't typically known to be what the doctor called for for tailbacks. But, don't be too jaded by what happened in Detroit. This was the OC for Marshall Faulk in his prime. I see Gore, though in a bit of a different stylistic light than Faulk, as more of a Faulk than a Kevin Jones, et al.
WR... This will be an interesting area. The vision of the receivers they have, Darrell Jackson and Arnaz Battle, in a Martz-run offense is about as appetizing as seeing Steg slinking up and down a stripper pole in his g-string undies...  ...  Actually, Ashley Lelie could emerge if he can hang on in Frisco. He's more of a Martz-type receiver. Between Jackson and Battle, I think Battle would win the battle in Martz's system.
TE Vernon Davis likely suffers with Martz as OC. The only hope for him is that that aforementioned wide receiver sitch doesn't get disabused, no new blood at wide out is brought in, and Martz doesn't have a choice but to include Davis, i.e. make a wideout out of him. If that happens, then Davis could be pretty huge. BUT, tight-ends have never reaped the harvest in a Martz-run offense, and I won't believe it will happen in San Fran until I see it. Seeing is believing in this case.
Any more thoughts??? Let hash this one out...
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Re: Mike Martz OC in San Fran...
« Reply #1 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 8:45am » |
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Found this little tidbit on ProFootballWeekly's site...
Quote:| • Our Niners sources have already begun wondering how quickly new offensive coordinator Mike Martz will lose patience with Ashley Lelie if the wide receiver appears as “uninterested” in adapting to the Niners’ new system as he did in his first season with the team. We hear Lelie drove WR coach Jerry Sullivan nuts this past season with how long it took for Lelie to learn his routes. |
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Now was Lelie's lack of interest in learning the previous offense a matter of him realizing he was the square peg? The fact that he's never lived up to the fanfare that accompanied him into the league leads me to believe that there might not be much of a change upcoming. I don't know how bullish I'd be about Lelie right now.
There are a number of intriguing WRs in the draft, but the Niners recent history of drafting WRs (or, perhaps, developing young receivers--Jason Hill, Rashaun Woods, Brandon Williams, Derrick Hamilton) is pathetic, to say the least. The free agent market doesn't offer too much, however I could see Bernard Berrian fitting into Martz's system nicely.
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