Christian McCaffrey Faces Former Team in High-Stakes Showdown: Can He Turn the Tide Against the 49ers?
True play action concepts, which begin with selling a run fake, have been kind to Young. The Panthers rank third with a 58.7% success rate on play-action passes, and their 21.7% explosive rate (gains of 20+ yards) in play action ranks fifth.
One downside to play-action passing is that quarterbacks often face pressure on these slower-developing plays. The 49ers’ defense, however, ranks 31st in the NFL with a 38.0% overall pressure rate.
If Dowdle can move the chains a few times on the ground, that could open up the Panthers’ play-action game, in which rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan has a 29.3% target rate and 83.3% burn rate.



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