With it being the dull period for the NFL, now is a great time to talk about some of the staples in the San Francisco 49ers offense. One of those staples is the “stretch” zone play. We’re going to go in-depth about one of Kyle Shanahan’s favorite run plays today. One thing Shanahan wants to do is get to the outside. When you take away QB scrambles, kneels, or any sort of QB run, the 49ers ran outside of the tackle a whopping 39% of the time in 2018.
When you look at the current running backs that are on the 49ers roster, that makes sense.