The first reason why the 49ers haven't been winning recently is the most important position on the offense, the Quarterback position. While he might have had slim pickings with Colin Kaepernick and Blaine Gabbert, he isn't doing them any favors at all. Blaine Gabbert might be the "smarter" of the two quarterbacks when it comes to making reads and watching film, but he lacks the accuracy to succeed in this league. Two examples from this season pop out at me as instances where Gabbert could have made a play, but didn't because of his lack of accuracy. One occurred when the 49ers hosted the Rams in Santa Clara where Gabbert had a wide open receiver over the middle of the field and he sailed the pass right over the guy's head and another was in the red zone against the Cowboys on Sunday where he threw a dart right to the receiver's feet, which lead to a Phil Dawson field goal.
Not to mention the play calling that Gabbert has been given was completely awful as well. I counted around six or seven times on Sunday, Gabbert running that same read option play. Now the guy has good mobility, but there were like four times in which he should have given the ball to Carlos Hyde as it was a better decision. The play was basically the same as kneeling the ball as he would always lose around a yard or two. The Cowboys obviously picked up on what the 49ers were trying to do on this play, but they kept doing it. It was a huge head scratcher, but I wasn't surprised as Chip Kelly only has around 10 to 15 total plays in his playbook.
Which brings me to the next reason why Chip Kelly will constantly fail, the fact that he continues to call running plays to Carlos Hyde out of the shotgun. This wouldn't be a terrible thing because of the offense that Hyde played in during his college days at Ohio State, but he rarely is ever running up the middle, which is where he should be most effective. Now, he did have a 32 yard scamper last Sunday against the Cowboys, but that is far too rare for him this season. Carlos Hyde is supposed to be a bruiser, he shouldn't be running east and west, that is what his backup, Shaun Draughn should be doing. The 49ers with their lack of Quarterback talent should also be giving Hyde the rock 25 times a game instead of the 15 times he had versus the Cowboys. He would do better if he had a fullback in front of him to lead block or in an offense that doesn't allow him to get a running start before he gets the ball.
Now I am not a huge football mind, I never played the game at any legitimate level, but these are the biggest reasons why Chip will consistently fail in this league. The season is fairly early and the NFC West is still fairly up for grabs, but if he doesn't adapt, he will see himself getting fired again and likely taking another college job because NFL General Managers and Owners will not hire him. In a closing opinion, I think that Chip skipped a step before becoming a Head Coach and that step was being a coordinator. I know that this would have never flown with him because he needs to be the guy in control at all times, but it would have helped him to see how real head coaches manage a team at the professional level. The reason being is that, and I am going to be honest here, he isn't cutting it and teams are starting to catch on to how to stop him. If this is true, the players are going to start to turn on him and he will have nowhere else to go.
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