49ers vs. Seahawks Wild Card Playoff Live Blog

SANTA CLARA — That is the reside weblog for the San Francisco 49ers’ Wild Card Playoff sport towards the Seattle Seahawks. I’ll replace this steadily with info and evaluation from the press field.

11:25 One key for each groups on this sport is to strike early whereas the rain is comparatively delicate. Proper now, there is a gentle drizzle, which should not have an effect on the sport an excessive amount of. However the rain is meant to choose up all through the sport, and at 4:00 there’s speculated to be a thunderstorm, which implies there is a risk the sport may cease within the fourth quarter if there’s lightning. 

Shanahan has to have a sport plan prepared simply in case it rains tougher than anticipated. He ought to have a number of screens and quick passes off play motion within the sport plan to maintain the chains shifting. He additionally ought to name quick choice routes for Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle and Jauan Jennings, as a result of these routes are extraordinarily troublesome to cowl on a slippery discipline.

Pete Carroll will try and disguise his protection’s coverages and bait Brock Purdy into throwing interceptions in his first playoff sport — Carroll did this efficiently to Purdy final month in Seattle. So it is crucial for Shanahan to name as many passes as doable that do not require a lot studying. Get Purdy out of the pocket, as a result of he is comparatively quick for a quarterback and he can see the sector higher when there aren’t linemen in entrance of him. When he crops himself within the pocket, he has to maneuver and slide to search out throwing home windows.