The 49ers did not have a lot of successes in 2016, but blitzing brought some measure of success.
The San Francisco 49ers did not have a lot of things go right for them in 2015, but Aaron Schatz was determined to find positives. The Football Outsiders founder put together an article looking at one sneaky strength on each side of the ball for each NFL team. Earlier this week, he looked at defenses, and his 49ers sneaky strength reflected the blitz:
The 49ers allowed 8.0 yards per pass with a standard pass rush but only 5.