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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 483200" data-attributes="member: 4300">Good OP. All this just my opinion: The key to this game is the Packers' OL. If they can get enough movement in the run game to make the 49ers bring a safety into the box or get out of their nickel D, it will be a very good day for the Packers' offense. If they can't do that but are still able to give Rodgers time when the 49ers rush 4, it'll be a very good day for the Packers' offense. If the Packers offense (aka Aaron Rodgers) has a very good day I think the Packers win.  Unfortunately, the problem for the Packers is their OL. At LT they start a fifth round compensation pick in his third year, at LG a fourth rounder in his fourth year, OC is an UDFA in his third year, RG is a fourth rounder in his fifth year, and the RT is a rookie UDFA who will be starting his 6th game in the NFL. I'm certainly not saying draft position (or an acquisition via UDFA) locks a player into a certain level of play in the NFL, but it isn't meaningless either. As already mentioned, the fact that two OTs who were first round picks are out for the season is significant.  While the 49ers offense is improved I think the Packers' D is good enough if the Packers offense can sustain drives and put points on the board. And as always, protecting the ball and the turnover ratio will be critical for the Packers. And if it comes down to a game winning kick by Crosby… <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sick.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sick:" title="Sick    :sick:" data-shortname=":sick:" /> - - - - - - - - - - - Here's a question I've been meaning to ask which probably doesn't deserve its own thread but is relevant to this game: How long is a QB on a "read option" play exposed to hits by a defender as compared to a QB traditionally handing off? With the success of QBs like Russell Wilson, RGIII, and Kaepernick running the read option I wonder if that play exposes them to injury more than just them running the ball. (The read option has the QB put the ball in the RB's gut but he hangs onto it as he reads a particular defender's reaction. The QB either lets go and the RB runs it or keeps the ball - pulls it back out of the RB's gut - and runs with it himself.) Certainly after a QB hands the ball off traditionally defenders can't hit him without incurring a penalty. But how about the read option QB? Just as a RB who is carrying out a fake can be hit - hammered - by a defender, shouldn't a QB running a read option be in the same situation for at least a step or two even after he completes the handoff? IMO the QB should be fair game on a read option play until he assumes a "drop-back position", or the RB has taken two or three steps. The NFL probably wouldn't agree because one of their highest priorities is protecting QBs. But certainly the QB is exposed during the "read" and IMO should be for a period thereafter beyond a QB tradionally handing off. </blockquote>

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