Zac Taylor's Play Calling In OT Was Unforgivable

[samhain]

(12-12-2021, 10:20 PM)Synric Wrote: The 49ers ran a cover 2 7 man box. You can run in those situations. Wasnt playcalling it was run blocking.

I mean, as a rule, yes you should.  Problem is, they hadn't been able to exploit it all game.  The announcers even alluded to it.  They had 4 quarters to figure out that the run wasn't going to work, even with the favorable alignment.